- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: June 12, 1961
Time: 0411
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Operator: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Flight #: 823
Route: Rome - Cairo
AC Type: Lockheed L-188C Electra
Registration: PH-LLM
cn / ln: 2019
Aboard: 36   (passengers:29  crew:7)
Fatalities: 20   (passengers:17  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed into a hill at night during the approach, 4 km short of the runway. Crew's neglect to cockpit duties. Pilot's inattention to his instruments.
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