United Arab Airlines Flight 869 (1962)

United Arab Airlines Flight 869 was an international scheduled

passenger de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C flight from Hong Kong United Arab Airlines Flight
via Bangkok to Cairo. On July 19, 1962 at 13:30 UTC the plane 869
departed from Hong Kong for the first leg of the flight with 18
passengers on board and 8 crew. The flight was uneventful until
commencing approach to Bangkok, when the plane crashed in the
Khao Yai mountain 96 km NE of Bangkok at 15:44 UTC. There
were no survivors. The investigation found as a probable cause a
sequence of mistakes in the navigation by the pilot-in-command,
"resulted in grave errors of time and distance in his computations".
A de Havilland Comet of United
Sources Arab Airlines, similar to the crashed
aircraft
Accident description (https://aviation-safety.net/database/r Accident
ecord.php?id=19620719-0) at the Aviation Safety Network
Date July 19, 1962
Summary CFIT
Site Khao Yai mountain
Thailand
Aircraft type de Havilland DH-
106 Comet 4C
Operator United Arab Airlines
Registration SU-AMW
Flight origin Hong Kong (HKG)
Stopover Bangkok (BKK)
Destination Cairo (CAI)
Passengers 18
Crew 8
Fatalities 26
Survivors 0

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