Accident
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | 20 MAI 1965 |
| Heure: | 01:48 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Boeing 720-040B |
| Compagnie: | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA |
| Immatriculation: | AP-AMH |
| Numéro de série: | 18379/321 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1962 |
| Moteurs: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Equipage: | victimes: 13 / à bord: 13 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 108 / à bord: 114 |
| Total: | victimes: 121 / à bord: 127 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Détruit |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | ca 20 km S of Cairo International Airport (CAI) (Egypte)
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| Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Intern. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Dhahran International Airport (DHA/OEDR), Arabie Saoudite |
| Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA), Egypte | |
| Numéro de vol: | 705 |
A Boeing 720-040B passenger plane, operated by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) was destroyed when it crashed while on approach to Cairo International Airport (CAI), Egypt. All 13 crew members and 108 passengers were killed. Six passengers survived.
Flight PK705 was the inaugural service from Karachi, Pakistan to London, U.K. Intermediate stops were planned at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Cairo, Egypt and Geneva, Switzerland.
The flight departed Dhahran at 21:22 UTC for Cairo. The flight was uneventful and at 23:40 UTC, 01:40 local time, 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." Sources:
» ICAO Circular 88-AN/74 Vol I (113-117)
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Dhahran International Airport et Cairo International Airport est de 1872 km (1170 miles).
La distance entre Dhahran International Airport et Cairo International Airport est de 1872 km (1170 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
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