Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600 - Event

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Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600 was a scheduled passenger flight from Queen Alia International Airport, Jordan to Seeb International Airport, Muscat, Oman, via Doha International Airport in Qatar. On 14 March 1979 it was being operated by a Boeing 727-2D3 jet airliner registered in Jordan as JY-ADU when, while carrying out a missed approach to Runway 34 at Doha at night, it flew into a thunderstorm, causing the aircraft to drop 750 feet (230 m) into the ground.[1] Sixty-four people were on board; of the 15 crew four died and two were seriously injured and 41 passengers were killed and six seriously injured; the aircraft was destroyed.[1]

Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600
Accident
JY-ADU, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 1977.
Date	14 March 1979
Summary	Microburst-induced wind shear
Site	Doha International Airport, Doha, Qatar
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 727-2D3
Aircraft name	The City of Petra
Operator	Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines
Registration	JY-ADU
Flight origin	Amman-Queen Alia International Airport (AMM/OJAI), Amman, Jordan
Stopover	Doha International Airport (DIA/OTBD), Doha, Qatar
Destination	Seeb International Airport (MCT/OOMS) Muscat, Oman
Passengers	49
Crew	15
Fatalities	45
Injuries	19
Survivors	19

Investigation

The accident was due to the encounter with a downburst related to the thunderstorm and the effects of which exceeded the performance capability of the aircraft.[1]

Aircraft

The aircraft was a three-engined Boeing 727-2D3 jet airliner registered JY-ADU with Boeing line number 1061, it first flew on 26 July 1974 in the United States and was delivered to Alia Royal Jordanian on 14 August 1974.[2]

References

Notes

UK CAA Document CAA 429 World Airline Accident Summary p. 7/79 (ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest No. 25)
Roach/Eastwood 1992, p. 126

Bibliography

Roach, John; Eastwood, Tony (1992). Jet Airliner Production List. West Drayton, England: The Aviation Hobby Shop. ISBN 0-907178-43-X.

External links

ASN report

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1979

Jan 30 Varig Flight 967
Feb 12 Air Rhodesia Flight 827
Feb 17 Air New Zealand Flight 4374
Mar 13 Alia Flight 600
Mar 17 Aeroflot Flight 1691
Mar 29 Quebecair Flight 255
Apr 4 TWA Flight 841
May 25 American Airlines Flight 191
May 30 Downeast Airlines Flight 46
Jun 17 Air New England Flight 248
Jun 20 American Airlines Flight 293
Jul 11 Garuda Fokker F28 crash
Jul 26 Lufthansa Flight 527
Jul 31 Dan-Air Flight 0034
Aug 11 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision
Aug 29 Aeroflot Flight 5484
Oct 7 Swissair Flight 316
Oct 31 Western Airlines Flight 2605
Sep 14 Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 12
Nov 15 American Airlines Flight 444
Nov 26 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740
Nov 28 Air New Zealand Flight 901
Dec 18 Mosfellsheiði air crashes
Dec 23 Turkish Airlines Ankara crash

1978 ◀ ▶ 1980

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[de] Alia-Royal-Jordanian-Airlines-Flug 600

Auf dem Alia-Royal-Jordanian-Airlines-Flug 600 (Flugnummer: RJ600) ereignete sich am 14. März 1979 ein schwerer Flugunfall, als eine Boeing 727-2D3 der Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines kurz vor der Zwischenlandung auf dem Flughafen Doha im Katar verunglückte. Bei dem Zwischenfall starben 45 der 64 Personen an Bord der Maschine, es gab 19 Verletzte.

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Катастрофа Boeing 727 в Дохе — авиационная катастрофа, произошедшая 14 марта 1979 года в аэропорту Дохи с самолётом Boeing 727-2D3 авиакомпании Alia, в результате которой погибли 45 человек. Крупнейшая авиакатастрофа в Катаре.

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