Hijacking description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 18 AUG 1969 |
| Type: | Antonov 24 |
| Operator: | Misrair |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | El Wagah (Egypt) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA), Egypt |
| Luxor Airport (LXR/HELX), Egypt |
6 hijackers. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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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 Cairo International Airport to Luxor Airport as the crow flies is 508 km (317 miles).
Distance from Cairo International Airport to Luxor Airport as the crow flies is 508 km (317 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.
