Saint Mawgan – Cairo

On September 19, 1946 at 12:00 AM, Saint Mawgan – Cairo experienced a crash involving Avro 683 Lancaster, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Khoms Murqub (<U+0627><U+0644><U+0645><U+0631><U+0642><U+0628>).

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a desert crash site.

25 people were known to be on board, 25 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 19, passenger fatalities: 19, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. While flying over Tripolitan on a flight from St Mawgan to Cairo, the crew encountered very poor weather conditions with thunderstorm activity and turbulence. The aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed about 10 km west of Khoms. All 25 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration NX690.