EgyptAir Flight 763

1972 aviation accident

12°45′56″N 45°01′01″E / 12.7656°N 45.0169°E / 12.7656; 45.0169 (Jebel Shamsan)AircraftAircraft typeMcDonnell Douglas DC-9-32OperatorEgyptAir on behalf of Inex-Adria AirwaysRegistrationYU-AHRFlight originCairo International Airport, EgyptStopoverJeddah International AirportDestinationAden International Airport, South YemenPassengers21Crew9Fatalities30Injuries0Survivors0

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 7 kilometres (3.8 nmi) 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

^ ^a ^b ^c Guttery, Ben R. (1998). "EgyptAir 1971–". Encyclopedia of African airlines. McFarland. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-7864-0495-7.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ranter, Harro. "EgyptAir 19 MAR 1972 YU-AHR". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
^ ^a ^b "World News:Aircraft loss". Flight International 30 March 1972, p. 435
^ Scholey, Pete; Forsyth, Frederick (2008). Who Dares Wins: Special Forces Heroes of the SAS. Osprey Pub. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-84603-311-7.
^ "Accident Details". www.planecrashinfo.com. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aviation Safety Database, Yemen". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 27 November 2010.

External links

McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine AC Gleaner
YU-AHR^[usurped] Airdisaster.com (erroneously shows Shamsam, Vietnam vice Jebel Shamsan near Aden, South Yemen)
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Jan 7 Iberia Flight 602 Jan 21 Turkish Airlines DC-9 crash Jan 26 JAT Yugoslav Flight 367 Feb 22 Lufthansa Flight 649 Mar 3 Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 Mar 14 Sterling Airways Flight 296 Mar 19 EgyptAir Flight 763 Apr 18 East African Airways Flight 720 May 5 Alitalia Flight 112 May 8 Sabena Flight 571 May 18 Aeroflot Flight 1491 May 30 Delta Air Lines Flight 9570 Jun 12 American Airlines Flight 96 Jun 14 Japan Air Lines Flight 471 Jun 15 Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z Jun 18 British European Airways Flight 548 Jun 24 Prinair Flight 191 Jun 29 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision Jul 2 Pan Am Flight 841 Jul 5 Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 710 Jul 31 Delta Air Lines Flight 841 Aug 14 Königs Wusterhausen disaster Aug 16 Burma Airways Thandwe crash Aug 31 Aeroflot Flight 558 Sep 15 Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130 Sep 24 Japan Air Lines Flight 472 Sep 24 Sacramento Canadair Sabre accident Oct 1 Aeroflot Flight 1036 Oct 13 Aeroflot Flight 217 Oct 13 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 Oct 27 Air Inter Flight 696Y Oct 29 Lufthansa Flight 615 Nov 10 Southern Airways Flight 49 Nov 15 Ansett Australia Flight 232 Nov 28 Japan Air Lines Flight 446 Dec 3 Spantax Flight 275 Dec 8 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 708 Dec 8 United Air Lines Flight 553 Dec 8 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 631 Dec 20 Chicago–O'Hare runway collision Dec 23 Braathens Flight 239 Dec 29 Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 Dec 31 Puerto Rico DC-7 crash
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Aviation accidents and incidents in 1972 (1972)

Jan 7

Iberia Flight 602

Jan 21

Turkish Airlines DC-9 crash

Jan 26

JAT Yugoslav Flight 367

Feb 22

Lufthansa Flight 649

Mar 3

Mohawk Airlines Flight 405

Mar 14