Lagos - Kano - Beirut

On January 9, 1968 at 06:33 PM, Lagos - Kano - Beirut experienced a crash involving Boeing 720, operated by Middle East Airlines - MEA, with the event recorded near Beirut Beirut Governorate.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

49 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 49 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 39, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. Following an uneventful flight from Lagos via Kano, the crew started the approach to Beirut in poor weather conditions with heavy rain falls, turbulences and wind gusting to 45 knots. On short final, the airplane was unstable and landed nose gear first. On impact, the nose gear collapsed and the airplane slid for several yards before coming to rest in flames. All 49 occupants were rescued, 10 of them were injured. The aircraft was partially consumed by fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration ET-AAG, MSN 18454/319, year of manufacture 1962.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 33.8919°, 35.5109°.