Accident description
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| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 20 MAY 1965 |
| Time: | 23:48 UTC |
| Type: | Boeing 720-040B |
| Operator: | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA |
| Registration: | AP-AMH |
| C/n / msn: | 18379/321 |
| First flight: | 1962 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 108 / Occupants: 114 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 121 / Occupants: 127 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | S of Cairo International Airport (CAI) (Egypt)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Dhahran International Airport (DHA/OEDR), Saudi Arabia |
| Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA), Egypt | |
| Flightnumber: | 705 |
Flight 705 departed Dhahran at 21:22 GMT for Cairo. The flight was uneventful and at 23:40 GMT it was cleared for a left-hand circuit for runway 34. At 23:45 the crew reported turning on finals. The Boeing 720 kept descending and struck the ground short of the runway in a slight left-bank attitude with its undercarriage up and flaps at 20 degrees
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft did not maintain the adequate height for the circuit and continued to descend until it contacted the ground. The reason for that abnormal continuation of descent is unknown." Events:
Sources:
» ICAO Circular 88-AN/74 (113-117)
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
Statistics
4th loss of a Boeing 720
The worst accident involving a Boeing 720 (at the time)
The worst accident involving a Boeing 720 (currently)
The worst accident in Egypt (at the time)
2nd worst accident in Egypt (currently) » figures explained
The worst accident involving a Boeing 720 (at the time)
The worst accident involving a Boeing 720 (currently)
The worst accident in Egypt (at the time)
2nd worst accident in Egypt (currently) » figures explained
Map
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 Dhahran International Airport (DHA/OEDR) to Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA) as the crow flies is 1874 km (1171 miles).
Distance from Dhahran International Airport (DHA/OEDR) to Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA) as the crow flies is 1874 km (1171 miles).
