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Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705 (PK705) was a Boeing 720B airliner that crashed while descending to land at Cairo International Airport on 20 May 1965. There were 127 people, but only 6 survived. The crash was the deadliest aviation accident to occur in Egypt at the time. It is also the deadliest air disaster involving the Boeing 720. Aircraft The plane was a 3 year old Boeing 720-040B, a shorter version of the Boeing 707. Its registration was AP-AMH and the serial number was 18379. This registration was removed from the Pakistan Aircraft Register on 3rd August, 1965, a few months after the crash. The aircraft was first flown on 19th October 1962 and delivered to Pakistan International Airlines on 7 November 1962.Pither 1998, p. 213 At the time of the accident, the aircraft had flown 8378 hours. Accident PIA Flight 705 on 20 May 1965 was an inaugural flight between Karachi, Pakistan and London, United Kingdom and was carrying distinguished guests and journalists a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Controlled Flight Into Terrain
In aviation, a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT; usually ) is an aviation accidents and incidents, accident in which an airworthy aircraft, fully under pilot control, is unintentionally flown into the ground, a body of water or other obstacle. In a typical CFIT scenario, the aircrew, crew is unaware of the impending collision until impact, or it is too late to avert. The term was coined by engineers at Boeing in the late 1970s. Accidents where the aircraft is out of control at the time of impact, because of mechanical failure or pilot error, are classified instead as uncontrolled flight into terrain, or UFIT. Incidents resulting from the deliberate action of the person at the controls, such as a forced landing, an act of terrorism, or suicide by pilot, are also excluded from the definition of CFIT. According to Boeing in 1997, CFIT was a leading cause of airplane accidents involving the loss of life, causing over 9,000 deaths since the beginning of the commercial jet aircra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
