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1975 Agadir Royal Air Maroc Boeing 707 crash

Passenger plane crash in Agadir, Morocco

Field	Value
name	1975 Agadir Royal Air Maroc Boeing 707 crash
date
summary	Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error
image	Jordanian World Airways Boeing 707-300 JY-AEE.jpg
caption	JY-AEE, the aircraft involved, seen at Frankfurt Airport, the day before the crash
occurrence_type	Accident
site	Near Tamri, Morocco
coordinates
aircraft_type	Boeing 707-321C
operator	Alia Royal Jordanian on behalf of Royal Air Maroc
tail_number	JY-AEE
origin	Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France
destination	Inezgane Airport, Agadir, Morocco
occupants	188
passengers	181
crew	7
fatalities	188
survivors	0

On 3 August 1975, a chartered Royal Air Maroc international passenger flight from Paris to Agadir crashed into a mountain while descending to land at Inezgane Airport. All 188 passengers and crew members died. The aircraft involved was a Boeing 707 passenger airliner operated by Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines on behalf of Royal Air Maroc. The accident is the deadliest in Moroccan history and the deadliest involving a Boeing 707, surpassing the Kano air disaster two years before, also involving a chartered Alia Royal Jordanian aircraft.

Background

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was an 11-year-old Boeing 707-321C registered as JY-AEE. It was equipped with four Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B turbofan engines. The manufacturing number was 18767/376.

Flight

Nationality	Crew	Passengers	Total
Morocco/France	0	181	181
Morocco	7	0	7
Total	7	181	188

All 181 passengers on board were Moroccan-French nationals. The 707, owned by Alia Royal Jordanian was chartered by the national airline of Morocco, Royal Air Maroc, to fly Moroccan-French workers and their families from France home for the holidays. The flight left Le Bourget Airport in Paris shortly after midnight with 181 passengers and 7 crew members and was scheduled to arrive at its destination about 4:30 a.m. The aircraft approached Agadir in the early hours of the morning at the time of the crash. There was heavy fog in the area and the aircraft was flying from the northeast over the Atlas Mountains. At around 04:25 local time, as the 707 was descending from 8,000 feet for a runway 29 approach, its right wingtip and no. 4 (outer-right) engine struck a peak about 45 mi northeast of Agadir at 2400 ft altitude. Part of the wing separated. The aircraft lost control and crashed into a valley about 1800 ft below.

Local residents of Imzizen, 50 km northwest of Agadir, had to walk for 12 mi to reach a telephone to notify authorities about the crash. Rescue teams arrived by helicopter and found wreckage over a wide area after searching for hours in the thick fog. The extent of the destruction was such that nothing bigger than 10 sqft in size was found.

At the time of the crash, it was the third deadliest crash in civil aviation history.

Cause

The cause of the crash was determined to be pilot error in not ensuring positive course guidance before beginning descent. The aircraft had not followed the usual north-south corridor generally used for flights to Agadir.

References

"Accident Synopsis 08031975".
Ranter, Harro. "Accident Boeing 707-321C JY-AEE, Sunday 3 August 1975".
(4 August 1975). "Morocco Crash Is 3rd Worst In Air History". The Lexington Herald.
(August 4, 1975). "188 on Charter Jet Killed In Moroccan Crash in Fog". [[The New York Times]].
"Un Boeing jordanien s'écrase près d'Agadir. CATASTROPHE AÉRIENNE AU MAROC: 188 MORTS".

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