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1975 Agadir Royal Air Maroc Boeing 707 crash

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1975 Agadir Royal Air Maroc Boeing 707 crash

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.

Infobox

Date
August 3, 1975 (1975-08-03)
Summary
Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error
Site
Near Tamri, Morocco 30°35′13″N 9°24′40″W / 30.58694°N 9.41111°W / 30.58694; -9.41111
Aircraft type
Boeing 707-321C
Operator
Alia Royal Jordanian on behalf of Royal Air Maroc
Registration
JY-AEE
Flight origin
Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France
Destination
Inezgane Airport, Agadir, Morocco
Occupants
188
Passengers
181
Crew
7
Fatalities
188
Survivors
0

Tables

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