Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 JAN 1959 |
| Time: | 15:00 UTC |
| Type: | Convair CV-240-2 |
| Operator: | Air Jordan |
| Registration: | JY-ACB |
| C/n / msn: | 55 |
| First flight: | 1948 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 11 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 15 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 4,5 km (2.8 mls) NW of Wadi-es-Sir (Jordan)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Jerusalem Airport (JRS/OJJR), Israel |
| Amman-Marka International Airport (ADJ/OJAM), Jordan | |
| Flightnumber: | 601 |
While trying to fly below the clouds to Amman, the Convair struck some trees and crashed, 11,85 miles from its destination.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Jerusalem Airport to Amman-Marka International Airport as the crow flies is 73 km (46 miles).
Distance from Jerusalem Airport to Amman-Marka International Airport as the crow flies is 73 km (46 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
