Accident Douglas C-47B (DC-3) SU-AZM,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328744
 

Date:Sunday 5 November 1978
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas C-47B (DC-3)
Owner/operator:Nile Delta Air Services
Registration: SU-AZM
MSN: 25851/14406
Fatalities:Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:off Alexandria, Egypt -   Mediterranean Sea
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:Alexandria Airport (ALY/HEAX)
Destination airport:Um Barka Oil Field Airstrip
Narrative:
Crashed into sea. The airplane carried American oil exports of the Western Desert Petroleum Co.

Sources:

The Spokesman-Review - Nov 7, 1978

Revision history:

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