EgyptAir Flight 763
YU-AHJ, sister aircraft to the one involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 19 March 1972 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Jebel Shamsan, near Aden International Airport, Aden, South Yemen 12°45′56″N 45°01′01″E / 12.7656°N 45.0169°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Operator | Inex-Adria Airways on behalf of EgyptAir |
| IATA flight No. | MS763 |
| ICAO flight No. | MSR763 |
| Call sign | EGYPTAIR 763 |
| Registration | YU-AHR |
| Flight origin | Cairo International Airport, Cairo, Egypt |
| Stopover | Jeddah International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| Destination | Aden International Airport, Aden, South Yemen |
| Occupants | 30 |
| Passengers | 21 |
| Crew | 9 |
| Fatalities | 30 |
| Survivors | 0 |
EgyptAir Flight 763 was an international non-scheduled passenger flight from Cairo, Egypt, to Aden, South Yemen. On 19 March 1972 it crashed into the Shamsan Mountains on approach to Aden, killing all 30 people on board.