PIA Flight 740
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A PIA Boeing 707-340C, similar to the crashed aircraft
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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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See also
- Lists of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners
- Air safety
- Other aircraft crashes caused by in-flight fires
- Saudia Flight 163 (another Hajj pilgrimage flight)
- Air Canada Flight 797
- Nigeria Airways Flight 2120, operated by Nationair (another Hajj pilgrimage flight)
- ValuJet Flight 592
- Swissair Flight 111
External links
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- Aviation accident stubs
- Aviation accidents and incidents in 1979
- Airliner accidents and incidents caused by in-flight fires
- Aviation accidents and incidents in Saudi Arabia
- 1979 in Saudi Arabia
- Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 707
- Pakistan International Airlines accidents and incidents
- 1979 in Pakistan