Crash of a Douglas DC-3 in Yemen: 25 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 30, 1973
Operator:
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
22
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
25
Circumstances:
The airplane was completing a flight on behalf of the Yemenite Government, carrying diplomats and politicians back from a conference in Aden. In unknown circumstances, the airplane struck the slope of a mountain located in the Hadramaout Mountain Range. The wreckage was found few hours later and all 25 occupants have been killed, among them Mohammed Saleh Aulaqi, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
