Crash of a Douglas DC-3 off Alexandria: 18 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 5, 1978
Registration:
SU-AZM
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Alexandria - Um Barka
MSN:
14406/25851
YOM:
1944
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
15
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
18
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Alexandria Airport, while climbing, the airplane went out of control and crashed in the Mediterranean Sea. All 18 occupants were killed, among them few American citizens. They were en route to the Um Barka Oil Field.
