PIA Flight 740

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PIA Flight 740
File:PIA Boeing 707 Manteufel-1.jpg
A PIA Boeing 707-340C, similar to the crashed aircraft
Accident summary
Date 26 November 1979
Summary In-flight fire (source of fire's ignition undetermined)
Site Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Passengers 145
Crew 11
Injuries (non-fatal) 0
Fatalities 156 (all)
Survivors 0
Aircraft type Boeing 707-340C
Operator Pakistan International Airlines
Registration AP-AWZ

Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740 was a Hajj pilgrimage flight that crashed after takeoff from the old Jeddah International Airport on 26 November 1979. All 156 on board the Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 707-340C were killed. An in-flight fire in the cabin area, through its intensity and rapid extension, resulted in panic among the passengers and smoke in the cockpit, eventually incapacitating the flight crew. The cause of the cabin fire was not determined.

The accident remains to date the third-deadliest crash on Saudi Arabian soil and the third-deadliest involving a Boeing 707. However the actual cause is a mystery.

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