Billund – Cairo – Sharjah

On March 31, 1988 at 04:07 AM, Billund – Cairo – Sharjah experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-8, operated by Arax Airlines, with the event recorded near Cairo-Intl Cairo.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) 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 technical failure. The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Billund to Sharjah with an intermediate stop in Cairo, carrying a crew of four and a load of about 100 Danish cows. Just after a night takeoff from runway 27R, while in initial climb, the aircraft stalled and crashed 700 meters past the runway end, bursting into flames. All four occupants and all animals were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 5N-ARH, MSN 45859, year of manufacture 1966.

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