ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27693
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| Date: | Thursday 11 April 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.104 Dove 1 |
| Owner/operator: | Egypt Air Force |
| Registration: | Z-900 |
| MSN: | 04090 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Egyptian Sahara -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Baharia Oasis western desert |
| Cairo Egypt | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Force-landed in desert of Egypt. Wreckage found 01.06.1971. All nine occupants died of thirst after drawing signals on the ground. One child among the corpses. His shoes are still there in front of the graves.
Sources:
I was there November 2010
Hamburger Abendblatt 14.6.1971, p1
Images:
Libya-Egypt Border 2010 November 12th
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Mar-2010 13:22 | TB | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2010 01:31 | nicolas berbineau | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Mar-2011 15:46 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2012 04:43 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2013 14:57 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 10-Oct-2013 22:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2014 16:05 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2017 09:07 | Mrash | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 18-Mar-2019 19:16 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities] |
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