ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331548
| Date: | Thursday 10 April 1969 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United Arab Airlines - UAA |
| Registration: | ET-AAQ |
| MSN: | 20174 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | 3 km S of Suez -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Asmara International Airport (ASM/HAAY) |
| Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA) |
The aircraft was reportedly shot down after flying into a prohibited area. The pilot had reported that he could not receive the Cairo NDB and that the aircraft did not have a VOR receiver.
Sources:
Bringing Africa thogether / Ethiopian Airlines, 1988
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