| Date: | Monday 9 December 1974 |
| Time: | 19:15 |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-18D |
| Owner/operator: | EgyptAir, lsf Tarom |
| Registration: | YR-IMK |
| MSN: | 186009104 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 13672 hours |
| Cycles: | 5124 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 20 km NW off Jeddah International Airport (JED) -
 Saudi Arabia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Jeddah International Airport (JED/OEJD) |
| Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA) |
The Ilyushin Il-18D was leased by EgyptAir from the Romanian airline Tarom to fly hadj pilgrims to and from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The aircraft took off from Jeddah at 19:05 on a repositioning flight to Cairo, Egypt. Shortly after takeoff, while the aircraft was about 20 km north-west off Jeddah, radar and radio contact was lost.
was flying from Jeddah to Cairo when it crashed into the Red Sea.
Sources:
evz.ro
Soviet Transports
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Düsseldorf Airport (DUS); May 1973
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