Incident Overview
Date: Friday 16 June 1972
Aircraft Type: Ilyushin Il-62
Owner/operator: EgyptAir
Registration Number: SU-ARN
Location: Cairo-Almaza Air Base (HEAZ) –
ÿ Egypt
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 59
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
An Ilyushin aircraft landed at Almaza runway 36 instead of Cairo International Airport runway 34 due to a short runway obstruction on the Cairo runway. The aircraft landed 700 meters down the shorter runway.An Ilyushin aircraft landed at Almaza runway 36 instead of Cairo International Airport runway 34 due to a short runway obstruction on the Cairo runway. The aircraft landed 700 meters down the shorter runway.
Description
The Ilyushin landed on the wrong airport and overran. The crew landed at Almaza runway 36 instead of Cairo International Airport runway 34. The aircraft landed 700 m down the (shorter) runway 36, because the first 650 m of the Cairo runway was unserviceable.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Unserviceable Cairo runway obstruction.Unserviceable Cairo runway obstruction.Share on:
