Overview
- A rear-end collision between a Giza–Fayoum train and a Cairo–Aswan service near Al-Ayyat on Sunday, Nov. 8, caused multiple carriages to derail and overturn.
- Egypt’s Ministry of Health confirmed seven deaths and said about 112 people are being treated in Giza hospitals for injuries from the crash.
- Journalists and witnesses described chaotic rescue work at the scene with overturned cars, heavy cranes and first responders digging passengers out of wreckage.
- President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi ordered an urgent investigation and railway authorities opened a probe to determine causes and hold anyone whose negligence is proved to account.
- The accident revives long-standing safety concerns about Egypt’s extensive but ageing rail network, which has seen major past disasters including the deadly 2002 Al-Ayyat fire and remains only partly renovated despite large transport investments.