Last updated: 22 April 2021
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | lunes 9 febrero 1953 |
| Tipo: |  Curtiss C-46D Commando |
| Operador: | Egyptian Air Force |
| Registración: | 1001 |
| Numéro de série: | |
| Año de Construcción: | |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: / Ocupantes: |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: / Ocupantes: |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 30 / Ocupantes: 35 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 64 km (40 milles) E of Cairo ( Egipto)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | El Arish Airport (AAC/HEAR), Egipto |
| Cairo-Almaza Air Base (HEAZ), Egipto |
A C-46 transport plane operated by the Egyptian Air Force crashed in the desert east of Cairo, Egypt. Local press reports indicate that 30 occupants died. Three were injured and two escaped uninjured.
Fuentes:
» Military Aviation Disasters/David Gero» L'Unitá 11-2-1953
» Ottawa Citizen - Feb 10, 1953
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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 El Arish Airport to Cairo-Almaza Air Base as the crow flies is 259 km (162 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from El Arish Airport to Cairo-Almaza Air Base as the crow flies is 259 km (162 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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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Curtiss C-46
- 3341 built
- 746th loss
- 149th accidente fatal
- 17th worst accident (a la hora)
- 27th worst accident (actualmente)
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