Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 29 JAN 1973 |
| Type: | Ilyushin 18D |
| Operator: | EgyptAir |
| Registration: | SU-AOV |
| C/n / msn: | 188011003 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 30 / Occupants: 30 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 37 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | ca 16 km NNE of Nicosia Airport (NIC) (Cyprus)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA), Egypt |
| Nicosia Airport (NIC/LCNC), Cyprus |
The Il-18 crashed into the Kyrenia Mountain range near the village of Karavas, at an altitude of 783m (117m below the crest) while on downwind on a nighttime approach to Nicosia runway 14.
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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 Nicosia Airport as the crow flies is 582 km (364 miles).
Distance from Cairo International Airport to Nicosia Airport as the crow flies is 582 km (364 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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