Dar es-Salaam - Cairo - Brussels

On December 14, 1988 at 09:50 PM, Dar es-Salaam - Cairo - Brussels experienced a crash involving Boeing 707, operated by GAS Air Cargo - General %26 Aviation Services, with the event recorded near Karm Umran Qena.

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

8 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 112.5%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 1.

The listed crash cause is human factor. During a night approach to Cairo-Intl Airport, the crew initiated a go-around as the visibility was too low (400 meters). A second attempt to land few minutes later was also abandoned. The crew decided to divert to Luxor Airport where weather conditions were better. While approaching Luxor from the north, the crew declared an emergency due to low fuel when the aircraft lost height and crashed onto several houses located in the city of Karm Umran, about 45 km north of Luxor Airport runway 20 threshold. The aircraft was destroyed and all eight occupants were killed as well as one people on the ground.

Aircraft reference details include registration 5N-AYJ, MSN 19168, year of manufacture 1966.