- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | November 26, 1979 |
Time: | 0203 |
Location: | Near At Ta'if, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
Operator: | Pakistan International Airlines |
Flight #: | 740 |
Route: | Jeddah - Karachi |
AC Type: | Boeing B-707-340C |
Registration: | AP-AWZ |
cn / ln: | 20275/844 |
Aboard: | 156 (passengers:145 crew:11) |
Fatalities: | 156 (passengers:145 crew:11) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | After being airborne about a half an hour a cabin attendant reported a fire in the aft cabin area. Seventeen minutes later the aircraft crashed into a rocky desert while attempting an emergency landing. The blaze may have been started by a passenger possibly from a leaking kerosene stove carried aboard by a Haj pilgrim passenger. |
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