| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | October 03, 1957 |
| Time: | 0155 |
| Location: | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Operator: | Lebanese International Airways |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Beirut - Kuwait City |
| AC Type: | Curtiss C-46A-45-CU |
| Registration: | OD-ACK |
| cn / ln: | 30249 |
| Aboard: | 27 (passengers:23 crew:4) |
| Fatalities: | 27 (passengers:23 crew:4) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | A few minutes after takeoff the crew informed ATC about a fire on board and elected to return. More than thirty minutes later, while at altitude of 2,000 meters, the aircraft lost height and crashed into the sea some 18 km off Beirut. |
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