1975 Agadir Morocco Air Disaster
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The Agadir air disaster was a chartered Boeing 707 passenger flight on 3 August which crashed into a mountain on approach to Agadir Inezgane Airport, Morroco
. All 188 passengers and crew on board were killed. It is the deadliest aviation disaster ever involving a 707.
, Air Maroc to fly 181 Moroccan workers and their families in France
home for the holidays. There was heavy fog in the area and the aircraft was flying in from the Northeast over the Atlas Mountains
. As the 707 was descending from 8,000 feet for a runway 29 approach its right wing tip and no. 4 engine struck a peak at 2400 feet (731.5 m) altitude. Part of the wing separated. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed into a ravine.
Rescue teams found wreckage over a wide area. The destruction was so complete, nothing bigger than 10 square foot (0.9290304 m²) in size was found.
The cause of the crash was determined to be pilot error in not ensuring positive course guidance before beginning descent.
Inezgane Airport
Inezgane Airport or Agadir Inezgane Airport is an airport in Agadir, the capital city of the Souss-Massa-Draâ region in Morocco. The airport is located approximately northeast of Agadir's Al Massira Airport.-Facilities:...
. All 188 passengers and crew on board were killed. It is the deadliest aviation disaster ever involving a 707.
Flight
The 707 was owned by Alia but chartered by the national airline of MoroccoMorocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
, Air Maroc to fly 181 Moroccan workers and their families in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
home for the holidays. There was heavy fog in the area and the aircraft was flying in from the Northeast over the Atlas Mountains
Atlas Mountains
The Atlas Mountains is a mountain range across a northern stretch of Africa extending about through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The highest peak is Toubkal, with an elevation of in southwestern Morocco. The Atlas ranges separate the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert...
. As the 707 was descending from 8,000 feet for a runway 29 approach its right wing tip and no. 4 engine struck a peak at 2400 feet (731.5 m) altitude. Part of the wing separated. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed into a ravine.
Rescue teams found wreckage over a wide area. The destruction was so complete, nothing bigger than 10 square foot (0.9290304 m²) in size was found.
The cause of the crash was determined to be pilot error in not ensuring positive course guidance before beginning descent.