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1961 aviation accident

KLM Flight 823
Accident
A KLM Lockheed L-188 Electra similar to the aircraft involved
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.

Aircraft

The accident aircraft was an American built Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop-powered airliner, registration PH-LLM, built in 1960.

Accident

KLM Flight 823 took off from Amsterdam on 11 June on a flight to Kuala Lumpur with stopovers at Munich, Rome, Cairo, and Karachi. Twenty-nine passengers and seven crew were aboard the aircraft on the third leg of the planned schedule, between Rome and Cairo. At 04:11 local time, the aircraft was on approach to runway 34 at Cairo International Airport but struck high ground about 4 km (2.5 mi) south of the airport. The aircraft broke up on impact, with both sections catching fire. Seventeen passengers and three crew were killed.

Cause

The cause of the crash of KLM Flight 823 was attributed to pilot error, being blamed on the pilot-in-command not paying sufficient attention to his instruments.

References

^ "ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-188C Electra PH-LLM Cairo International Airport (CAI)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
"KLM Electra Accident". Flight, 22 June 1961, p. 881.

External links

Accident Details KLM Flight 823 at planecrahinfo.com

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v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1961 (1961)
Jan 3 Aero Flight 311Jan 16 RAF Lakenheath nuclear weapons accidentsJan 19 Aeronaves de México Flight 401Jan 24 Goldsboro B-52 crashJan 24 Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 424Jan 28 American Airlines Flight 1502Feb 3 Garuda Indonesia Flight 542Feb 15 Sabena Flight 548Mar 14 Yuba City B-52 crashMar 16 Aeroflot Flight 68Mar 28 ČSA Flight 511Apr 3 LAN-Chile Flight 621May 10 Air France Flight 406May 30 Viasa Flight 897Jun 12 KLM Flight 823Jul 11 United Air Lines Flight 859Jul 12 ČSA Flight 511Jul 19 Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 644Jul 21 Alaska Airlines Flight 779Jul 30 Avion PirataAug 6 Malév C-47 crashAug 9 Holtaheia Vickers Viking crashSep 1 TWA Flight 529Sep 10 President Airlines DC-6 crashSep 12 Air France Flight 2005Sep 14 F-84 Thunderstreak incidentSep 17 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706Sep 18 Transair Sweden DC-6 crashSep 23 Turkish Airlines Flight 835Oct 7 Derby Aviation crashNov 8 Imperial Airlines Flight 201/8Nov 14 Cincinnati Zantop DC-4 crashNov 23 Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 322Nov 30 Ansett-ANA Flight 325Dec 17 Aeroflot Flight 245Dec 21 British European Airways Flight 226Dec 31 Mineralnye Vody Il-18 crash
1960 ◄ ► 1962

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1961 (1961)

Jan 3 Aero Flight 311Jan 16 RAF Lakenheath nuclear weapons accidentsJan 19 Aeronaves de México Flight 401Jan 24 Goldsboro B-52 crashJan 24 Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 424Jan 28 American Airlines Flight 1502Feb 3 Garuda Indonesia Flight 542Feb 15 Sabena Flight 548Mar 14 Yuba City B-52 crashMar 16 Aeroflot Flight 68Mar 28 ČSA Flight 511Apr 3 LAN-Chile Flight 621May 10 Air France Flight 406May 30 Viasa Flight 897Jun 12 KLM Flight 823Jul 11 United Air Lines Flight 859Jul 12 ČSA Flight 511Jul 19 Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 644Jul 21 Alaska Airlines Flight 779Jul 30 Avion PirataAug 6 Malév C-47 crashAug 9 Holtaheia Vickers Viking crashSep 1 TWA Flight 529Sep 10 President Airlines DC-6 crashSep 12 Air France Flight 2005Sep 14 F-84 Thunderstreak incidentSep 17 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706Sep 18 Transair Sweden DC-6 crashSep 23 Turkish Airlines Flight 835Oct 7 Derby Aviation crashNov 8 Imperial Airlines Flight 201/8Nov 14 Cincinnati Zantop DC-4 crashNov 23 Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 322Nov 30 Ansett-ANA Flight 325Dec 17 Aeroflot Flight 245Dec 21 British European Airways Flight 226Dec 31 Mineralnye Vody Il-18 crash

1960 ◄ ► 1962

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Egypt
1950s	TWA Flight 903 (August 1950) 1956 Cairo TAI Douglas DC-6 crash (February 1956)
1960s	KLM Flight 823 (June 1961) Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705 (May 1965) United Arab Airlines Flight 749 (March 1966) 1969 Aswan Ilyushin Il-18 crash (March 1969)
1970s	Dawson's Field hijackings (September 1970) Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 (February 1973) EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 crash (July 1974) EgyptAir Flight 321 (August 1976)
2000s	Flash Airlines Flight 604 (January 2004)
2010s	EgyptAir Flight 667 (July 2011) Luxor hot air balloon crash (February 2013) Metrojet Flight 9268 (October 2015)

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