Adria Airways YU-AHJ DC9-32, sister ship of the accident aircraft
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| Accident | |
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| Date | 19 March 1972 (1972-03-19) |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Jebel Shamsan, Aden, South Yemen 12°45′56″N 45°01′01″E / 12.7656°N 45.0169°E / 12.7656; 45.0169 (Jebel Shamsan) |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Operator | EgyptAir on behalf of Inex-Adria Airways |
| Registration | YU-AHR |
| Flight origin | Cairo International Airport, Egypt |
| Stopover | Jeddah International Airport |
| Destination | Aden International Airport, South Yemen |
| Occupants | 30 |
| Passengers | 21 |
| Crew | 9 |
| Fatalities | 30 |
| Survivors | 0 |
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]
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]
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]
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Aviation accidents and incidents in 1972 (1972)
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Jan 7 Jan 21 Jan 26 Feb 22 Mar 3 Mar 14 Mar 19 Apr 18 East African Airways Flight 720 May 5 May 8 May 18 May 30 Jun 12 Jun 14 Jun 15 Jun 18 British European Airways Flight 548 Jun 24 Jun 29 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision Jul 2 Jul 5 Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 710 Jul 31 Aug 14 Aug 16 Aug 31 Sep 15 Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130 Sep 24 Sep 24 Sacramento Canadair Sabre accident Oct 1 Oct 13 Oct 13 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 Oct 27 Oct 29 Nov 10 Nov 15 Nov 28 Dec 3 Dec 8 Dec 8 Dec 8 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 631 Dec 20 Chicago–O'Hare runway collision Dec 23 Dec 29 Dec 31 | |
