Rome - Cairo - Bombay - Bangkok - Manila - Tokyo

On December 25, 1976 at 03:45 AM, Rome - Cairo - Bombay - Bangkok - Manila - Tokyo experienced a crash involving Boeing 707, operated by Egyptair, with the event recorded near Bangkok-Don Mueang Bangkok City District.

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

53 people were known to be on board, 73 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 137.7%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 44, passenger fatalities: 44, other fatalities: 20.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Following an uneventful flight from Bombay, the crew started the descent to Bangkok-Don Mueang Airport by night. On approach, the pilot reported runway in sight and was cleared to land on runway 21L. On short final, he failed to realize his altitude was too low when the four engine airplane struck the roof of a building and crashed in flames on a spinning factory located 2 km short of runway. The aircraft and several buildings were killed. All 53 occupants on board the B707 were killed as well as 20 people working in the factory. At the time of the accident, the visibility was estimated to be 4 km.

Aircraft reference details include registration SU-AXA, MSN 20763/871, year of manufacture 1973.