- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: January 15, 1968
Time: 0754
Location: Zifta, Egypt
Operator: United Arab Airlines
Flight #: ?
Route: Cairo - Beirut
AC Type: Douglas DC-3
Registration: SU-AJG
cn / ln: ?
Aboard: 4   (passengers:0  crew:4)
Fatalities: 4   (passengers:0  crew:4)
Ground: 0
Summary: Ice accretion on the lifting surface of the aircraft accompanied by moderate to severe turbulence, which resulted in loss of aircraft control by the pilot. When he tried to regain control over the aircraft the lifting surfaces were loaded beyond approved design limits, which brought about the disintegration of main parts of the aircraft in the air, and its subsequent impact with the ground.
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