ALIA ROYAL JORDANIAN AIRLINES - AUGUST 3, 1975
On August 3, 1975, Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines operated Boeing 707 crashed into a mountain on approach to Agadir Inezgane Airport, Morocco. The aircraft was chartered by the national airline of Morocco, Royal Air Maroc, and the flight was coming from Paris, France. The aircraft involved in the accident, was a Boeing 707-321C, registered as JY-AEE. There was heavy fog in the area, and the aircraft was flying in from the northeast over the Atlas Mountains. As the aircraft was descending for a runway 29 approach, its right wingtip and no. 4 engine struck a mountain peak. Part of the wing was separated, and the aircraft crashed into a ravine. All 188 people on board were killed.
The cause of the crash was determined to be pilot error, in not ensuring positive course guidance before beginning descent. With 188 fatalities, this accident remains deadliest air disaster involving the Boeing 707.
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