Date:	Monday 9 February 1953
Time:
Type:	Curtiss C-46D Commando
Owner/operator:	Egyptian Air Force
Registration:	1001
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 30 / Occupants: 35
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	64 km E of Cairo -   Egypt
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	El Arish Airport (AAC/HEAR)
Destination airport:	Cairo-Almaza Air Base (HEAZ)

Narrative:
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.

Military Aviation Disasters/David Gero
L'Unitá 11-2-1953
Ottawa Citizen - Feb 10, 1953

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