Cairo - Istanbul

On August 21, 1996 at 05:00 PM, Cairo - Istanbul experienced a crash involving Boeing 707, operated by Egyptair, with the event recorded near Istanbul-Atatürk Marmara Region (Marmara Bölgesi).

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

131 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 131 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 11, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 120, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. On final approach to Istanbul-Atatürk Airport, the crew encountered marginal weather conditions with rain falls. The visibility was estimated to be 8 km but on short final, the crew lost visual contact with the runway for few seconds while the aircraft encountered local strong showers. After touchdown on a wet runway 24, the aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining distance and overran. It lost its undercarriage, went through a fence, crossed a road and collided with various obstacles before coming to rest, broken in two. All 131 occupants were evacuated, among them 19 passengers were slightly injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration SU-AVX, MSN 20760, year of manufacture 1973.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.9940°, 29.1218°.