JY-AEW

On April 28, 1977 at 12:00 AM, JY-AEW experienced a crash involving Learjet 35, operated by Arab Wings, with the event recorded near Riyadh-King Abdulaziz Mantiqat ar Riya<U+1E0D> (<U+0645><U+0646><U+0637><U+0642><U+0629> <U+0627><U+0644><U+0631><U+064A><U+0627><U+0636>).

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. During start-up, the crew encountered technical problems with the left engine that would not run because the starter failed. The crew elected to start the takeoff procedure with the left engine inoperative and to proceed with an airstart. During the takeoff roll, just before rotation, the crew lost control of the airplane that crashed. Both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration JY-AEW, MSN 35-052, year of manufacture 1976.