| Date: | Tuesday 5 December 1972 |
| Time: | 15:05 |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-366C |
| Owner/operator: | EgyptAir |
| Registration: | SU-AOW |
| MSN: | 19845/809 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Beni Suef -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA) |
| Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA) |
The Boeing 707 took off from Cairo (CAI) at 14:34 on a training flight. The airplane crashed along Airway A1C probably following a separation of the no. 4 engine and pylon.
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photo (c) Mel Lawrence; Renton Airport, WA (RNT); April 1969
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