ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332353
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Date: | Thursday 30 June 1966 |
Time: | |
Type: | Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 1E |
Owner/operator: | Kuwait Airways |
Registration: | 9K-ACG |
MSN: | 2118 |
Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 83 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Kuwait International Airport (KWI) -
Kuwait
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA) |
Destination airport: | Kuwait International Airport (KWI/OKBK) |
Narrative:The Trident crash-landed 3,5 miles short of the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "High rate of descent and non-observance of Company regulations. Corrective action carried out in calling for 10500 rpm was not sufficient to re-establish level flight. A further demand for additional power was given too late to be of any use."
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photo (c) Mohammad Abdullah; near Kuwait International Airport (KWI); 30 June 1966
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