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PIA Flight PK 705

Summary
Date	May 20, 1965
Type	Crashed during approach, excessive descent
Site	Cairo International Airport, Egypt
Fatalities	119
Injuries	6
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 720 – 040 B
Operator	Pakistan International Airlines
Tail number	AP - AMH
Passengers	112
Crew	13
Survivors	6

Pakistan International Airlines Flight PK 705 was a Boeing Boeing 720 – 040 B that crashed while descending to land on Runway 34 at Cairo International Airport on May 20, 1965 resulting in 119 fatalities.

Contents 1 Details 2 Result 3 Probable cause 4 Sources 5 Survivors 6 Victims 7 Airframe Technical Data 8 Statistics 9 See also 10 External links

Flight 705 departed Dhahran International Airport at 21:22 GMT for Cairo. The flight was uneventful and at 23:40 GMT it was cleared for a left-hand approach circuit for Runway 34. At 23:45 the crew reported turning on finals. The Boeing 720 kept descending and nothing more was heard from the flight until the aircraft struck the ground short of the runway, in a slight left-bank attitude with its undercarriage up and flaps set at 20 degrees.

Controlled flight into terrain - Level ground

"The aircraft did not maintain the adequate height for the circuit and continued to descend until it contacted the ground. The reason for that abnormal continuation of descent is unknown."

The aircraft crashed during approach. The plane descended during the approach at triple the normal rate. The aircraft exceeded the recommended descent rate during the final stages of landing. Landing Gear was down and locked, however flaps and slats had not been deployed, and wing was in level flight/cruise configuration.

• ICAO Circular 88-AN/74 (113-117)
• Accident Description: Crashed during approach, excessive descent.

• Mr. Jalal Al-Karimi (Dhahran Station Manager – Pakistan International Airlines)
• Mr. M Salahuddin Siddiqi (Press Officer – PIA)
• Mr. Amanullah Khandwalla (Aerotravels)
• Mr. Shaukat Mecklai (Universal Express)
• Mr. Arif Raza (son of the owner of Hostelleirie de France)
• Mr. Zahoor (Globe)

PIA personnel

• Captain Ali Akhtar Khan (Flight Commander)
• Captain Jauhar (Co-pilot)

• Jimmy Mirza (Commercial & Marketing Director – PIA)
• Momi Gul Durrani

Passengers

• Mr. Abdul Aziz

• Mr. Abdul

• Mr. Abdul Hamid
• Mr. Abdul Hannan

• Mr. Abdul Karim
• Mr. Abdul Kashim

• Mr. Abdul Qadir

• Mr. Abdul Rozak
• Master Abdul Sattar (Child)
• Mst. Fatima Bibi (Child)

• Mrs. Hawjaib Hyder
• Miss Hawjaib Yasmin (Infant)
• Mr. Abdul Sohid
• Mr. Abdus Samad

• Mr. Abdul Waris

• Mr. Abdul Miah

• Mr. A I Sheikh
• Mr. Akhtar Javed Alavi
• Mr. Ali Wasir
• Mr. A S Niazi
• Mr. Aziz Malik
• Mr. Bashir Ahmed Lakhani
• Mrs. Banoo Shaukat Mecklai
• Ms. Cindy Salandha
• Mr. Dennis E Lobo
• Mr. Donald Love
• Mr. Dost Mohammad

• Miss Elizabeth Clare Howard
• Mr. Lewis Page Howard
• Mrs. Marian Teeters Howard

• Ms. Dr. Eva Vodikova
• Mr. Feroz Khan
• Mrs. F Chowdhry
• Mr. Golam Jilani Joarder
• Mrs. Gulzar Begum
• Mr. Gerry Roasrio
• Wing Commander M Shamim Khan
• Mr. Hafiz Mohammad
• Mr. Hussain El Mani
• Mr. Hussein Aly Chehata
• Mrs. Hussein Aly Chehata
• Miss Hutoki Panthakey
• Mr. I A Butt
• Mr. Intaj Ali
• Mr. Irfan Ali
• Mr. Ishaq Ibrahim El-Massoui
• Mrs. Jana Hai
• Mr. Jaston Layyoub
• Mr. Kalay Mia
• Mr. Karl
• Mr. Khalid Zia Lodhi
• Mr. L A Tahir
• Mr. Madjid Al-Makky
• Mr. M A Rashid
• Mr. Mahfoozul Haq Bhuiyan
• Miss Mahmooda Naimatullah Baig
• Mr. Malik Abdul Hussain
• Dr. Malick Asdar Ali
• Mr. Mansoor Laljee
• Mr. Mohammed Afzal Johri
• Mr. Mohamed El-Hasan
• Mr. Mohammad Masood Khan
• Mr. Mohammad Bajjawal
• Mr. Mohammad
• Mr. Mohammad Siddique
• Mr. Mohammad Shafiq
• Mrs. Danna Danha
• Mr. Mumtaz Mian
• Mr. G H Terry
• Mr. M E Terry
• Mr. M Ismail
• Mr. Zulfiqar Khan
• Mr. Monuhur Mia
• Mr. Mostafauddin
• Mr. M Yasefa
• Miss Naseema Sarwar
• Mr. Osman Ahmed Khalfalla
• Miss Razia Bibi
• Mr. Rolf Evensen
• Mr. S A Tasdiq
• Mr. S B Agha
• Mrs. Shamima Amin
• Mr. Sirajuddin
• Mr. S M Laekawall
• Mr. Shofiullah
• Mrs. Syeda Saleema Begum
• Mr. Syed Shams Yousseff
• Mr. Toyeb Ali
• Mr. Victor

• Mr. Chang Hsuesh-Li
• Mr. Li Yu-Feng
• Mr. Hsu Fu-Ken
• Mr. Huang Kang
• Mr. Wu Fu-Peng
• Mr. Yang Zong-Hai
• Mr. Yu May-Hang

The twenty two journalists on board who were killed in the disaster included:

• Major General Mian Hayauddin (Chairman – National Press Trust)
• Mr. A K Qureishi (Administrator – Associated Press of Pakistan)
• Mr. Fariduddin Ahmad (Pakistan Observer)
• Mr. Akhtaruzzaman (Paigham)
• Mr. Aleemullah (Leader)
• Mr. Irfan Chughtai (Nawa-i-Waqt)
• Mr. T D D’sylva (Pakistan Times)
• Mr. Sibte Farooq Faridi (Morning News)
• Mr. S M Hannan (Morning News)
• Mr. Hamid Hashmi (Daily Imroze)
• Mr. Muzammil Huq (Sainik Pakistan)
• Mr. Abu Saleh Islahi (Daily Mashriq)
• Mr. M B Khalid (Business Recorder)
• Mr. Yaqub Khan (Aero News)
• Mr. Nasir Mahmood (Daily Jang)
• Mr. Jaffar Mansoor (Hurriyat)
• Mr. S M Mobin (Unity)
• Mr. Shah Mumtaz (PPA)
• Mr. Ahmadur Rehman (Ittefaq)
• Mr. Saghiruddin (Dawn)
• Mr. Yasin Tareen (Business Post)
• Mr. Mumtaz Tariq (Flyer)

• Type: Boeing 720 – 040 B
• Operator: Pakistan International Airlines – PIA
• Registration: AP – AMH
• C/n / msn: 18379/321
• Manufactured: 1962
• Engines: 4 x Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B
• First flight: 1962
• Delivery date: October 19, 1962

• 4th loss of a Boeing 720
• The worst accident involving a Boeing 720 (at the time)
• The worst accident involving a Boeing 720 (currently)
• The worst accident in Egypt (at the time)
• 2nd worst accident in Egypt (currently)

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