- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: July 27, 1963
Time: 0150
Location: Off Bandra, Maharashtra, India
Operator: United Arab Airlines
Flight #: 869
Route: Bangkok - Bombay
AC Type: de Havilland Comet 4C
Registration: SU-ALD
cn / ln: 06441
Aboard: 63   (passengers:55  crew:8)
Fatalities: 63   (passengers:55  crew:8)
Ground: 0
Summary: The aircraft crashed into the Arabian Sea while on a flight from Tokyo, Japan to Egypt while preparing to land in rain and turbulence. The pilot may have lost control while turning into an area of severe turbulence and heavy rain.
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