London - Cairo

On February 14, 1930 at 12:00 AM, London - Cairo experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.66 Hercules, operated by Imperial Airways, with the event recorded near Cairo Cairo.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane departed London on an international service to India, carrying four passengers and three crew members. On approach to Cairo Airport by night, the visibility was poor and the pilot-in-command failed to realize his altitude was insufficient. The airplane impacted ground and crashed near the city of Giza, in the suburb of Cairo. All seven occupants evacuated safely and the aircraft named 'City of Tehran' was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-EBNA, MSN 240, year of manufacture 1925.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 30.0238°, 31.7549°.