Английская Википедия:EgyptAir Flight 763
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox aircraft occurrence EgyptAir Flight 763 was an international non-scheduled passenger flight from Cairo, Egypt, to Aden, South Yemen. On 19 March 1972, the flight was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 registered in Yugoslavia as YU-AHR and operated by the newly renamed EgyptAir. It crashed into the Shamsan Mountains on approach to Aden, killing all 30 people on board.[1]
Aircraft
The aircraft involved was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32.[1] It was built in 1970 as construction number 47503 with manufacturer's serial number 587 and registered as YU-AHR.[2]
Accident
On 19 March 1972 EgyptAir Flight 763 was on a flight from Cairo International Airport in Egypt to Aden International Airport in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen), via Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[3] The aircraft was chartered from the Yugoslav airline Inex Adria with 21 passengers and 9 crew members on board.[2][3] Flight 763 was on a visual approach to land on runway 08 into Aden International Airport when the aircraft struck Jebel Shamsan, the highest peak of Aden Crater, an extinct volcano,[4] located Шаблон:Convert from the airport. On impact the aircraft burned, killing all on board.[1][2][5] At the time of the accident, it was the deadliest to have occurred in South Yemen. As of November 2011, it remains the deadliest civil aviation accident and the second deadliest aviation accident to have occurred in Yemen.[6]
References
External links
- McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Шаблон:Webarchive AC Gleaner
- Шаблон:Usurped Airdisaster.com (erroneously shows Shamsam, Vietnam vice Jebel Shamsan near Aden, South Yemen)
- Photo of YU-AHR
Шаблон:McDonnell Douglas DC-9 family Шаблон:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1972
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 "World News:Aircraft loss". Flight International 30 March 1972, p. 435
- ↑ Pete Scholey, Frederick Forsyth. Who Dares Wins: Special Forces Heroes of the SAS Osprey (2008) p. 57 Шаблон:ISBN
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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