EgyptAir Flight 864 facts for kids
A Boeing 707-320C of EgyptAir, similar to the accident aircraft
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Accident summary | |
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Date | 25 December 1976 |
Summary | Pilot error |
Place | Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand |
Passengers | 43 |
Crew | 9 |
Fatalities | 71 (52 in the aircraft and 19 on the ground) |
Survivors | 0 |
Aircraft type | Boeing 707-366C |
Airline/user | EgyptAir |
Registration | SU-AXA |
Flew from | Rome Fiumicino Airport, Italy |
1st stopover | Cairo International Airport, Egypt |
2nd stopover | Santacruz Airport, India |
Last stopover | Don Mueang International Airport, Thailand |
Flying to | Tokyo International Airport, Japan |
EgyptAir Flight 864 was a flight from Rome Fiumicino Airport to Tokyo International Airport in Tokyo. On 25 December 1976, the Boeing 707 on the route crashed into an building in Bangkok. All 52 people on board were killed, as well as 19 on the ground in the crash. Pilot error was determined to be the cause of the crash. EgyptAir said that the Bangkok control tower had not given enough weather information to the crew of Flight 864.
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