| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 5 December 1972 |
| Time: | ca 15:05 |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-366C |
| Operator: | EgyptAir |
| Registration: | SU-AOW |
| MSN: | 19845/809 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-7 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Beni Suef ( Egypt)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA), Egypt |
| Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA), Egypt |
The Boeing 707 took off from Cairo (CAI) at 14:34 on a training flight. The airplane crashed along Airway A1C probably following a separation of the no. 4 engine and pylon.
Classification:
Engine separationLoss of control
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accident date: 05-12-1972
type: Boeing 707-336C
registration: SU-AOW
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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