Cairo - Cairo

On December 5, 1972 at 03:05 PM, Cairo - Cairo experienced a crash involving Boeing 707, operated by Egyptair, with the event recorded near Beni Suef Beni Suef.

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

6 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew (three pilots and three technicians) departed Cairo-Intl Airport at 1434LT on a training flight. En route, the airplane went out off control and crashed along the A1C Highway located near Beni Suef, about 125 km south of Cairo. The aircraft was destroyed and all six occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration SU-AOW, MSN 19845/809, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 28.8217°, 30.8919°.