Cairo - Nicosia

On January 29, 1973 at 12:00 AM, Cairo - Nicosia experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-18, operated by Egyptair, with the event recorded near Nicosia Nicosia.

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

37 people were known to be on board, 37 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 30, passenger fatalities: 30, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While approaching Nicosia Airport by night on a flight from Cairo, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when, at an altitude of 2,600 feet, the four engine airplane struck the slope of Mt Kyrenia located 16 km from runway 14 threshold. The wreckage was found 117 meters below the summit and all 37 occupants have been killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration SU-AOV, MSN 188 0110 03, year of manufacture 1968.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 35.1254°, 33.1912°.