EgyptAir Flight 763

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EgyptAir Flight 763
YU-AHJ DC9 Adria BHX 03-08-89 (32207475910).jpg
Adria Airways YU-AHJ DC9-32, sister ship of the accident aircraft
Accident
Date19 March 1972 (1972-03-19)
Summary Controlled flight into terrain
Site Jebel Shamsan, near Aden International Airport, Aden, South Yemen
12°45′56″N45°01′01″E / 12.7656°N 45.0169°E / 12.7656; 45.0169 (Jebel Shamsan)
Aircraft
Aircraft type McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
Operator Inex-Adria Airways on behalf of EgyptAir
Registration YU-AHR
Flight origin Cairo International Airport, Cairo, Egypt
Stopover Jeddah International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Destination Aden International Airport, Aden, South Yemen
Occupants30
Passengers21
Crew9
Fatalities30
Survivors0

EgyptAir Flight 763 was an international non-scheduled passenger flight from Cairo, Egypt, to Aden, South Yemen. On 19 March 1972 it crashed into the Shamsan Mountains on approach to Aden, killing all 30 people on board. [1]

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Aircraft

The aircraft involved was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, built in 1970 as construction number (MSN) 47503, and registered to Inex Adria in Yugoslavia as YU-AHR. [2] [1]

Accident

On 19 March 1972, EgyptAir Flight 763 was on a flight from Cairo International Airport in Egypt to Aden International Airport in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen), via Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. [3] The aircraft was leased from the Yugoslav airline Inex Adria and had 21 passengers and 9 crew members on board. [2] [3] Flight 763 was on a visual approach to land on runway 08 into Aden International Airport when the aircraft struck Jebel Shamsan, the highest peak of Aden Crater, an extinct volcano, [4] located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi; 3.8 nmi) from the airport. On impact the aircraft burned, killing all on board. [1] [2] At the time of the accident, it was the deadliest to have occurred in South Yemen. As of November 2011, it remains the deadliest civil aviation accident and the second deadliest aviation accident to have occurred in Yemen. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Guttery, Ben R. (1998). "EgyptAir 1971–". Encyclopedia of African airlines. McFarland. p. 48. ISBN   978-0-7864-0495-7.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ranter, Harro. "EgyptAir 19 MAR 1972 YU-AHR". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  3. 1 2 "World News:Aircraft loss". Flight International . 30 March 1972. p. 435. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012.
  4. ↑ Scholey, Pete; Forsyth, Frederick (2008). Who Dares Wins: Special Forces Heroes of the SAS. Osprey Pub. p. 57. ISBN   978-1-84603-311-7.
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