Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705 (PK705) was a Boeing 720 airliner that crashed while descending to land at Cairo International Airport on 20 May 1965. Of the 121 passengers and crew on board, all but 6 were killed.[2]
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Accident | |
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Date | 20 May 1965 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain during approach; excessive descent - cause undetermined[1] |
Site | Cairo International Airport, Egypt 30°07′19″N 31°24′20″E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 720B |
Operator | Pakistan International Airlines |
Registration | AP-AMH |
Flight origin | Karachi Airport, Pakistan |
2nd stopover | Dhahran International Airport, Saudi Arabia |
3rd stopover | Cairo International Airport, Egypt |
Last stopover | Geneva Airport, Switzerland |
Destination | London Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom |
Passengers | 114 |
Crew | 13 |
Fatalities | 121 |
Injuries | 6 |
Survivors | 6 |