KLM Flight 823 was an air accident in 1961 involving a

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aircraft that crashed on approach to

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in Egypt after a flight from Rome in Italy. The crash killed 20 out of 29 passengers and 7 crew on flight 823.

Aircraft

The accident aircraft was an American built

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-powered airliner, registration ''PH-LLM'', built in 1960.ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-188C Electra PH-LLM Cairo International Airport (CAI)
. ''Aviation Safety Network''. Retrieved 28 May 2010.

Accident

KLM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, or simply KLM (an abbreviation for their official name Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. , ),

Flight 823 took off from

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on 11 June on a flight to

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with stopovers at

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, Rome,

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, and

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. Twenty-nine passengers and seven crew were aboard the aircraft on the third leg of the planned schedule, between Rome and Cairo. At 04:11 local time, the aircraft was on approach to runway 34 at

but struck high ground about 4 km (2.5 mi) south of the airport. The aircraft broke up on impact, with both sections catching fire. Seventeen passengers and three crew were killed.
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'', 22 June 1961, p. 881.

Cause

The cause of the crash of

KLM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, or simply KLM (an abbreviation for their official name Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. , ),

Flight 823 was attributed to pilot error, being blamed on the pilot-in-command not paying sufficient attention to his instruments.

References

External links

Accident Details KLM Flight 823 at planecrahinfo.com
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Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot error 1961 in Egypt June 1961 in Africa