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Crash of a Dornier DO.28B-1 Agur near Suez

Date & Time: Oct 21, 1973
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.28A/B
Operator:
Registration:
016
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Desert
MSN:
3071
Location:
Suez
Suez
Country:
Egypt
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot of an Egyptian Air Force MiG-21 shot down the Israel DO.28 with a SAM-3 air-air missile. The aircraft crash landed in a desert area located about 15 km southeast of Suez. The aircraft was destroyed and all three occupants were taken PoW.
Probable cause:
Shot down by an Egyptian Air Force fighter.

Crash of a Boeing KC-97G Stratotanker near Suez: 7 killed

Date & Time: Sep 17, 1971
Type of aircraft:
Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker
Operator:
Registration:
4X-FPR/033
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Desert
MSN:
16714
YOM:
1952
Location:
Suez
Suez
Country:
Egypt
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
While conducting a survey flight, the airplane was shot down by an Egyptian missile after it penetrated the Egyptian airspace. It crashed in a desert area located near Suez. A crew member survived while seven others were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a surface-to-air missile.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-90-DL in Suez: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 10, 1969 at 1930 LT
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
ET-AAQ
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Cargo
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Asmara - Cairo
MSN:
20174
YOM:
1944
Location:
Suez
Suez
Country:
Egypt
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
While in cruising altitude, the twin engine airplane was shot down and crashed in an uninhabited area located about 3 km south from Suez. The aircraft was destroyed and all three occupants were killed. It was reported that the aircraft was overflying a prohibited area when it was shot down. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was not equipped with a VOR receiver and the crew informed ATC about the fact he was unable to receive the information transmitted by the Cairo NDB.
Probable cause:
Shot down.

Crash of a Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando in the Ataqah Mountains

Date & Time: Sep 16, 1944 at 1200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Curtiss C-46 Commando
Operator:
Registration:
42-60949
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Site:
Mountains
MSN:
26824
YOM:
1944
Location:
Suez
Suez
Country:
Egypt
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in the Ataqah mountain range, in the region of Suez. At least one crew member was killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Duane E. Carey.

Crash of a Bristol 130 Bombay I in Suez: 7 killed

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1940 at 1055 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 130 Bombay
Operator:
Registration:
L5821
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Desert
Schedule:
Heliopolis - Heliopolis
MSN:
SH.14
YOM:
1939
Location:
Suez
Suez
Country:
Egypt
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The crew departed Heliopolis on a turret practice for air gunners. While flying in the vicinity of Suez and while completing a turn, the pilot-in-command lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Francis Adrian Walton, pilot,
F/O Peter Aveline Slaney Baker, pilot,
AC2 Robert Coulson, wireless operator,
Sgt John Ogilvie Paul, wireless operator and air gunner,
P/O Harold Herbert Jordain Hobday, air gunner,
P/O John Cottrell Leonard Hanmer-Strudwick, air gunner,
P/O William Edward Laceby, air gunner.
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