Cairo International Airport - Accidents and Incidents

Accidents and Incidents

• On 20 February 1956, a "Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux" DC-6B on a scheduled Saigon - Karachi - Cairo - Paris flight crashed on approach to cairo airport. 52 of 63 onboard were killed.
• On 19 March 1965, Vickers Viscount YI-ACU of Iraqi Airways was damaged beyond economic repair when it ran into a number of lamp standards after a hydraulic system failure.
• PIA Flight 705 was a Boeing 720–040B that crashed while descending to land on Runway 34 at Cairo International Airport on 20 May 1965 resulting in 119 fatalities.
• On 18 March 1966, United Arab Airlines Flight 749 crashed while attempting to land at Cairo International Airport. All 30 passengers and crew on board were killed.
• On 15 January 1968, Douglas DC-3 SU-AJG of United Arab Airlines departed on an international scheduled cargo flight to Beirut International Airport, Lebanon when the crew decided to return due to icing. The aircraft subsequently broke up in mid-air and crashed at Zifta, killing all four people on board. The cargo shifting in flight and the aircraft being 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) overloaded may have contributed to the accident.
• In September 1970, Pan Am 93, which was flying to New York from Amsterdam, landed after refuelling and picking up another PFLP hijacker in Beirut. The Boeing 747-100 was blown up after everyone got out. The hijackers were arrested later.