Jeddah - Aswan

On March 20, 1969 at 02:00 AM, Jeddah - Aswan experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-18, operated by United Arab Airlines, with the event recorded near Aswan Aswan.

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

105 people were known to be on board, 100 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 95.2%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 98, passenger fatalities: 93, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Following an uneventful charter flight from Jeddah, the crew started the descent to Aswan Airport by night but the visibility was poor due to a sandstorm. A first approach was abandoned and a go-around was completed. A second NBD approach was also abandoned few minutes later. During a third attempt do land, with a horizontal visibility of 2-3 km, the captain failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the right wing struck the top of a hangar. Out of control, the airplane crashed in flames 1,120 meters short of runway threshold. Five passengers were injured while 100 other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration SU-APC, MSN 188 0113 01, year of manufacture 1968.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 24.0998°, 32.9025°.