A KLM Lockheed L-188 Electra similar to the aircraft involved
Accident
Date
12 June 1961
Summary
Pilot error
Site
Near Cairo International Airport, Egypt
Aircraft
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
Passengers
29
Crew
7
Fatalities
20
Injuries
16
Survivors
16
KLM Flight 823 was an air accident in 1961 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 29 passengers and 7 crew on flight 823.
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