Cairo – Baghdad – Tehran

On December 23, 1951 at 12:00 AM, Cairo – Baghdad – Tehran experienced a crash involving SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc, operated by Misrair, with the event recorded near Tehran-Mehrabad Tehran City District.

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.

22 people were known to be on board, 22 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: 18, passenger fatalities: 18, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. While descending to Tehran-Mehrabad Airport, the crew was informed by ATC that a landing was not possible due to low visibility caused by snow falls and was vectored to follow a holding pattern. After completing two circuits, the crew started a second approach when the four engine aircraft crashed about 10 km west of the airport. All 22 occupants were killed. The assumption of a loss of control caused by a fuel exhaustion is not ruled out.

Aircraft reference details include registration SU-AHH, MSN 41, year of manufacture 1948.