26 Mar Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) – ET-AAQ The aircraft was reportedly shot down after flying into a prohibited area. The pilot had reported that he could not receive the Cairo N... Continue reading
26 Mar Ilyushin Il-18D – SU-APC A United Arab Airlines Ilyushin Il-18 crashed during landing at Aswan Airport, Egypt, killing 100 occupants; 5 survived the accident. ... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas DC-6B – SX-DAD One hijacker. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day. Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas DC-3 – SU-AJG The DC-3 departed Cairo at 07:21 for Beirut, but the crew elected to return due to icing conditions. The aircraft crashed out of contro... Continue reading
26 Mar Antonov An-24V – SU-AOM The Antonov was rolling for takeoff on runway 20 at Luxor when a camel entered the runway. The pilot-in-command deviated slightly to th... Continue reading
26 Mar de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter – 3678 Due to a minor change in schedule, the aircraft was incorrectly loaded for a routine transport mission to two UN-bases in Egypt. Conseq... Continue reading
26 Mar Antonov An-24V – SU-AOA Flight 749 took off from Nicosia at 15:49 for a flight to Cairo. Bad weather existed along the route and weather at destination Cairo w... Continue reading