Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600

Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600
Accident summary
A Royal Jordanian 727-2D3(Adv) similar to the accident aircraft
Date	13 March 1979
Summary	Uncontrolled flight into terrain due to a thunderstorm (microburst-induced wind shear)
Site	Doha International Airport, Qatar
Passengers	49
Crew	15
Fatalities	45
Injuries (non-fatal)	19
Survivors	19
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 (DOH/OTBD), Doha, Qatar
Destination	Seeb International Airport (MCT/OOMS) Muscat, Oman

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 13 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]

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

1 2 3 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

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