| Date: | Thursday 22 January 1959 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Convair CV-240-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Jordan |
| Registration: | JY-ACB |
| MSN: | 55 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1948 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 15 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 4,5 km NW of Wadi-es-Sir -
 Jordan
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Jerusalem Airport (JRS/OJJR) |
| Amman-Marka International Airport (ADJ/OJAM) |
While trying to fly below the clouds to Amman, the Convair struck some trees and crashed, 11,85 miles from its destination.
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