- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: July 19, 1962
Time: 1545
Location: Near Bangkok, Thailand
Operator: United Arab Airlines
Flight #: 869
Route: Hong Kong - Bangkok
AC Type: de Havilland Comet 4C
Registration: SU-AMW
cn / ln: 06464
Aboard: 26   (passengers:18  crew:8)
Fatalities: 26   (passengers:18  crew:8)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed into a jungle on the side of a mountain, 52 nm from the Bangkok airport while on approach. Premature descent. Navigational error.
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