| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | March 20, 1969 |
| Time: | c 02:00 |
| Location: | Near Aswan, Egypt |
| Operator: | United Arab Airlines |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Jeddah - Aswan |
| AC Type: | Ilyushin IL-18D |
| Registration: | SU-APC |
| cn / ln: | 188011301 |
| Aboard: | 105 (passengers:98 crew:7) |
| Fatalities: | 100 (passengers:93 crew:7) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | A sand storm in the Aswan area caused the visibility to drop from 10km to 2-3km. The plane made 2 missed approaches and was approaching for the third time when it banked right causing the right wing to contacted the left side of the runway . The wing broke off and the aircraft crashed in flames. The pilot descended below minimum safe altitude without having the runway lights clearly in sight. A contributing factor was pilot fatigue. |
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