| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | January 02, 1971 |
| Time: | 0325 |
| Location: | Ben Gashir, Libya |
| Operator: | United Arab Airlines |
| Flight #: | 844 |
| Route: | Algiers - Tripoli - Cairo |
| AC Type: | de Havilland Comet 4C |
| Registration: | SU-ALC |
| cn / ln: | 6439 |
| Aboard: | 16 (passengers:8 crew:8) |
| Fatalities: | 16 (passengers:8 crew:8) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Crashed 7 kms from the runway in a sandstorm. Decision to land while visibility was below company minimums for that particular airport at night. |
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