Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 MAR 1972 |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Operator: | EgyptAir |
| Registration: | YU-AHR |
| C/n / msn: | 47503/587 |
| First flight: | 1970 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 30 / Occupants: 30 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 7 km (4.4 mls) SW of Aden International Airport (ADE) (Yemen)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA), Egypt |
| Aden International Airport (ADE/ODAA), Yemen | |
| Flightnumber: | 763 |
Crashed into Shamsan Mts, while on visual approach to runway 08.
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Distance from Cairo International Airport to Aden International Airport as the crow flies is 2364 km (1478 miles).
Distance from Cairo International Airport to Aden International Airport as the crow flies is 2364 km (1478 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.
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