Last updated: 16 January 2019
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 16 June 1972 |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-62 |
| Operator: | EgyptAir |
| Registration: | SU-ARN |
| C/n / msn: | 00801 |
| First flight: | 1970 |
| Engines: | 4 Kuznetsov NK-8-4 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 47 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 59 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Cairo-Almaza Air Base (HEAZ) ( Egypt)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA), Egypt |
The Ilyushin landed on the wrong airport and overran. The crew landed at Almaza runway 36 instead of Cairo International Airport runway 34.
The aircraft landed 700 m down the (shorter) runway 36, because the first 650 m of the Cairo runway was unserviceable.
Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» Soviet TransportsPhotos
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.
