| Date: | Thursday 31 March 1988 |
| Time: | 04:07 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-8-55F |
| Owner/operator: | Arax Airlines |
| Registration: | 5N-ARH |
| MSN: | 45859/253 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cairo International Airport (CAI) -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA) |
| Sharjah Airport (SHJ/OMSJ) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
An engine caught fire on the second takeoff attempt. The aircraft crashed at the runway end.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 2/88 (#47)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 February 1975 | PH-DCU | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | 0 | Tripoli |  |
sub |
| Runway excursion | ||||||
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); 07 February 1988
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Oostende Airport (OST); May 1987
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