KLM Flight 823

KLM Flight 823

A KLM Lockheed L-188 Electra like Flight 823.
Accident summary
Date 12 June 1961
Summary Pilot error
Site near Cairo International Airport, Egypt
Passengers 29
Crew 7
Fatalities 20
Injuries (non-fatal) 16
Survivors 16
Aircraft type Lockheed L-188 Electra
Operator KLM
Registration PH-LLM
Flight origin Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Netherlands
1st stopover Munich Airport, Germany
2nd stopover Rome, Italy
3rd stopover Cairo International Airport, Egypt
4th stopover Karachi, Pakistan
Destination Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

KLM Flight 823 was an air accident involving a Lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft that crashed on approach to Cairo International Airport in Egypt after a flight from Rome in Italy. The crash killed 20 out of 36 passengers and crew on flight 823.

Aircraft

The accident aircraft was an American built Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop-powered airliner, registration PH-LLM, built in 1960.[1]

Accident

KLM Flight 823 took off from Amsterdam on 11 June on a flight to Kuala Lumpur with stopovers at Munich, Rome, Cairo, and Karachi. Twenty-nine passengers and seven crew were aboard the aircraft on the third leg of the planned schedule, between Rome and Cairo. At 04:11 local time, the aircraft was on approach to runway 34 at Cairo International Airport, but struck high ground about 4 km (2.5 mi) south of the airport. The aircraft broke up on impact, with both sections catching fire. Seventeen passengers and three crew were killed.[1][2]

Cause

The cause of the crash of KLM Flight 823 was attributed to pilot error, being blamed on the pilot-in-command not paying sufficient attention to his instruments.[1]

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