Sharjah - Djibouti City - Nairobi

On October 4, 1976 at 12:00 AM, Sharjah - Djibouti City - Nairobi experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-7, operated by Emirates Air Transport, with the event recorded near Mt Kenya Central.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. While descending to 15,000 feet in limited visibility, the four engine airplane struck the slope of Mt Kenya, about 135 km northeast of Nairobi-Wilson Airport. The wreckage was found few hours later and all four crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration TZ-ARC, MSN 45467/970, year of manufacture 1958.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -1.0468°, 37.0859°.