| Date: | Friday 16 March 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers 739 Viscount |
| Owner/operator: | United Arab Airlines - UAA |
| Registration: | SU-AID |
| MSN: | 86 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 12002 hours |
| Cycles: | 15468 flights |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 506 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5 km W of Wadi Halfa Airport (WHF) -
 Sudan
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Jerusalem Airport (JRS/OJJR) |
| Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA) |
Bad weather at the destination Cairo forced the crew to divert to Wadi Halfa, Sudan. A crash-landing 3 miles West of Wadi Halfa was made following fuel exhaustion.
Sources:
Vickers Viscount Network (vickersviscount.net)
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