ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334637
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Date: | Sunday 9 September 1956 |
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Type: | Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
Owner/operator: | Jordan International Airlines |
Registration: | JY-ABV |
MSN: | 27069 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 57 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Amman-Marka International Airport (ADJ) -
Jordan
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Amman-Marka International Airport (ADJ/OJAM) |
Destination airport: | Kuwait International Airport (KWI/OKBK) |
Narrative:Problems on climb out forced the crew to return to Amman. On final approach, with the gear still retracted, the aircraft bounced on the upward slope of a hill went over the top and downhill. A fire erupted, but nearly all passengers were evacuated safely.
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