Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 30 JUN 1966 |
| Type: | Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 1E |
| Operator: | Kuwait Airways |
| Registration: | 9K-ACG |
| C/n / msn: | 2118 |
| First flight: | 1965 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 72 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 83 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Kuwait International Airport (KWI) (Kuwait) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA), Lebanon |
| Kuwait International Airport (KWI/OKBK), Kuwait | |
| Flightnumber: | 32 |
The Trident crash-landed 3,5 miles short of the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "High rate of descent and non-observance of Company regulations. Corrective action carried out in calling for 10500 rpm was not sufficient to re-establish level flight. A further demand for additional power was given too late to be of any use." Sources:
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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 Beirut International Airport to Kuwait International Airport as the crow flies is 1279 km (799 miles).
Distance from Beirut International Airport to Kuwait International Airport as the crow flies is 1279 km (799 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.
