ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329257
| Date: | Saturday 25 December 1976 |
| Time: | 03:45 |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-366C |
| Owner/operator: | EgyptAir |
| Registration: | SU-AXA |
| MSN: | 20763/871 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 52 / Occupants: 52 |
| Other fatalities: | 19 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 2 km NE of Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK) -
 Thailand
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bombay-Santacruz Airport (BOM/VABB) |
| Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD) |
EgyptAir flight 864, a Boeing 707-300C, was a scheduled service from Cairo, Egypt to Tokyo, Japan with en route stops at Bombay, India; Bangkok, Thailand; and Manila, Philippines.
During the leg from Bombay to Bangkok, at 20:30 hours GMT, the flight crew made initial contact with Bangkok approach control and reported 33nm DME from Bangkok. After having been vectored to the "BK" beacon an ADF approach to runway 21L was carried out. After having reported that the runway was in sight the pilot was cleared to land and acknowledged the clearance. Shortly thereafter the aircraft crashed into a factory, 2 km before runway 21L threshold.
The weather was: nil wind, visibility 4000 m, clouds 2/8 to 4/8 at 300 m, temperature 25 deg C, dew point 24 deg C, altimeter setting 1007 mb.
Sources:
A Benefit Analysis for Cabin Water Spray Systems and Enhanced Fuselage Burnthrough Protection (CAA PAPER 2002/04)
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Paris-Le Bourget Airport (LBG); May 1974
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