Amman – Benghazi

On December 19, 1964 at 12:00 AM, Amman – Benghazi experienced a crash involving Fairchild C-82 Packet, operated by John Mechan Oil Company, with the event recorded near Alexandria Alexandria.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. En route from Amman to Benghazi, the airplane was overflying Egypt when an Egyptian Air Force MiG-21 positioned beside it. The crew was contacted several times and instructed to divert to Cairo Airport. For unknown reason, the crew failed to follow these instructions and the airplane was shot down by air-air missile, dove into the ground and crashed 40 km east of Alexandria. The aircraft was destroyed and both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N128E, MSN 10164, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 31.2162°, 29.9464°.