- | 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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