Cairo - Cairo

On July 9, 1974 at 05:30 PM, Cairo - Cairo experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-154, operated by Egyptair, with the event recorded near Cairo-Intl Cairo.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) 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: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a local training flight at Cairo-Intl Airport. After a training period of 3 hours and 14 minutes, the crew performed a low pass over runway 23 in a slight nose-up attitude. While initiating a climb, the pilot-in-command lost control of the airplane that crashed in flames near the runway end. The aircraft was destroyed and all six crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration SU-AXB, MSN 73A048, year of manufacture 1973.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 30.1141°, 31.4245°.