ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326405
| Date: | Tuesday 13 December 1988 |
| Time: | 21:50 |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-351C |
| Owner/operator: | GAS Air Nigeria |
| Registration: | 5N-AYJ |
| MSN: | 19168/508 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Karm `Umran -
 Egypt
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Dar es Salaam International Airport (DAR/HTDA) |
| Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The Boeing 707 departed Dar Es Salaam (DAR) on a cargo flight to Brussels (BRU), Belgium via Cairo (CAI), Egypt. Weather at Cairo was poor with a visibility of 400 m. After two missed approaches, at 20:53 and 21:07, the crew decided to divert to Luxor. The aircraft did not reach Luxor and crashed into a residential area at Karm `Umran, 45 km North of Luxor. The aircraft presumably ran out of fuel.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 1/89 (report #1)
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Oostende Airport (OST); July 1988
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