Failure to evacuate following in-flight fire of unknown origin
Site
Riyadh International Airport, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 24°42′42″N46°43′37″E / 24.71167°N 46.72694°E / 24.71167; 46.72694
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStar
Operator
Saudia
IATA flight No.
SV163
ICAO flight No.
SVA163
Call sign
SAUDIA 163
Registration
HZ-AHK
Flight origin
Quaid-e-Azam Int'l Airport, Karachi, Pakistan
Stopover
Riyadh International Airport, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Destination
Jeddah International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Occupants
301
Passengers
287
Crew
14
Fatalities
301
Survivors
0
Saudia Flight 163 was a scheduled Saudia passenger flight departing from Quaid-E-Azam Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, bound for Kandara Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, via Riyadh International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which caught fire after takeoff from Riyadh International Airport (now the Riyadh Air Base)[1] on 19 August 1980. Although the Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStar made a successful emergency landing at Riyadh, the flight crew failed to perform an emergency evacuation of the airplane, leading to the deaths of all 287 passengers and 14 crew on board the aircraft from smoke inhalation.
The accident is the deadliest aviation disaster involving a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar,[2] and the deadliest to occur in Saudi Arabia.[1][3] At the time, this was the second-deadliest aircraft accident in the history of aviation involving a single airplane after Turkish Airlines Flight 981 and the third-deadliest overall.[4]
SaudiaFlight163 was a scheduled Saudia passenger flight departing from Quaid-E-Azam Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, bound for Kandara Airport in Jeddah...
to pull out of Riyadh as a major hub by 2030. Saudia operates domestic and international scheduled flights to over 100 destinations in the Middle East,...
Flight163 may refer to: Iraqi Airways Flight163, hijacked and bombed on 25 December 1986 SaudiaFlight163, caught fire on 19 August 1980 This disambiguation...
European Airways Flight 548 Stress in the aviation industry Impact of culture on aviation safety Line-oriented flight training SaudiaFlight163 SHELL model...
after SaudiaFlight163. Prior to departure, the lead mechanic had noticed that the "No. 2 and No. 4 tyre pressures were below the minimum for flight dispatch"...
accident involving a Lockheed L-1011 anywhere in the world, after SaudiaFlight163. Numerous public safety agencies responded to the crash, including...
by Saudi Arabia Airlines, the airport witnessed the destruction of SaudiaFlight163 on the night of August 19, 1980. The passengers and crew of the Lockheed...
International Airport, killing all 166 people on board. August 19 – SaudiaFlight163, a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, lands at King Khalid International Airport...
Airport. BOAC Flight 712 1985 Manchester Airport disaster TWA Flight 843 SaudiaFlight163 United Airlines Flight 328 and United Airlines Flight 1175, other...
2000s portal Aviation portal British Airtours Flight 28M British Airways Flight 2276 SaudiaFlight163 Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network...
turned out to be extremely flammable.[citation needed] Air Canada Flight 797 SaudiaFlight163 Backdraft Charleston Sofa Super Store fire Firestorm Kilbirnie...
podcast Black Box Down. SaudiaFlight163, the worst aircraft fire on the ground, in terms of fatalities. British Airtours Flight 28M, another aircraft...
November 1979 killing all 156 on board the Boeing 707. 19 August 1980: SaudiaFlight163 had a cargo compartment fire shortly after take-off from Riyadh airport...
safety List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft SaudiaFlight163, another accident due to on-board fire also held in Saudi Arabia....
Canada Flight 797, another accident caused by a fire in the aircraft lavatory SaudiaFlight163 ValuJet Flight 592 Varig Flight 967, another flight that...
involving commercial passenger and cargo flights, military passenger and cargo flights, or general aviation flights that have been involved in a ground or...
August 1980 SaudiaFlight163 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 298 17 July 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Hrabove, Ukraine 290 3 July 1988 Iran Air Flight 655 Bandar...
air crashes, near-crashes, fires, hijackings, bombings, and other mainly flight-related disasters and crises. It reveals the events that led to each crisis...
larger than the door frame. Pressurization prevented the doors of SaudiaFlight163 from being opened on the ground after the aircraft made a successful...
In one of aviation's worst disasters, 301 people are killed when SaudiaFlight163 catches fire in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. August 31 – Victory of the strike...
Dan-Air Flight 1008 crashed on approach to Tenerife in the Canary Islands. All 146 people on board were killed. On August 19, 1980, SaudiaFlight163 caught...
it to crash, killing 63 people. SaudiaFlight163 – Just after taking off from Riyadh, the cargo hold of the flight caught fire. The pilots however successfully...
ground tests at Cape Canaveral January 27, 3 astronauts died 1980 – SaudiaFlight163 A plane catches fire and is destroyed after landing, killing all on...
hijacker. August 19 – A fire breaks out in the aft cargo compartment of SaudiaFlight163, a Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStar, a few minutes after takeoff from Riyadh...
crash, involving the same type of plane and airline Air France Flight 358 SaudiaFlight163 UK CAA Document CAA 429 World Airline Accident Summary ASN Aircraft...
Global Information