| Date: | Thursday 3 October 1957 |
| Time: | 01:55 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Lebanese International Airways |
| Registration: | OD-ACK |
| MSN: | 30249 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 27 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 18 km off Beirut International Airport (BEY) -
 Lebanon
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA) |
| Kuwait International Airport (KWI/OKBK) |
The Curtiss C-46 passenger plane took off from Beirut Airport at 01:17, bound for Kuwait. After takeoff the crew radioed they had a fire and were returning to Beirut.
Last contact was at 01:51 at 2000 metres altitude. Within about two minutes the aircraft descended to 500 metres. Control was lost and the aircraft then crashed into the sea.
Sources:
L'Unità 4-10-1957
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