1975 Agadir Royal Air Maroc Boeing 707 crash
JY-AEE, the aircraft involved, seen at Frankfurt Airport, the day before the crash | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | August 3, 1975 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error |
| Site | Near Tamri, Morocco 30°35′12″N 9°24′40″W / 30.586776°N 9.411217°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 707-321C |
| Operator | Alia Royal Jordanian on behalf of Royal Air Maroc |
| Registration | JY-AEE |
| Flight origin | Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France |
| Destination | Inezgane Airport, Agadir, Morocco |
| Occupants | 188 |
| Passengers | 181 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 188 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On August 3, 1975, a Royal Air Maroc chartered Boeing 707 passenger flight from Le Bourget Airport in Paris to Inezgane Airport in Agadir crashed into a mountain on approach to Agadir Inezgane Airport, Morocco. All 188 passengers and crew on board were killed. This is the deadliest aviation disaster involving a Boeing 707 and the deadliest in Morocco.