ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332353
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| Date: | Thursday 30 June 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 1E |
| Owner/operator: | Kuwait Airways |
| Registration: | 9K-ACG |
| MSN: | 2118 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 83 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Kuwait International Airport (KWI) -
 Kuwait
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA) |
| Kuwait International Airport (KWI/OKBK) |
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."
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photo (c) Mohammad Abdullah; near Kuwait International Airport (KWI); 30 June 1966
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