Site Bangkok, Thailand Crew 9 Aircraft type Boeing 707-366C Date 25 December 1976 Injuries (nonfatal) 0 Location Bangkok | Passengers 43 Survivors 0 Registration SU-AXA Summary Pilot error Operator EgyptAir | |
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Total fatalities 71 (52 on board, 19 on ground) Similar Aeroflot Flight 418, Middle East Airlines Fl, Indian Airlines Flight 171, American Airlines Flight 625, SAETA Flight 232 | ||
EgyptAir Flight 864 was a flight from Cairo International Airport to Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok. On 25 December 1976, the Boeing 707 on the route crashed into an industrial complex in Bangkok. All 52 persons on board were killed, plus 19 on the ground in the crash. Pilot error was determined to be the cause of the crash. EgyptAir claimed that the Bangkok control tower had provided inadequate weather information to the crew of Flight 864.
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