| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | January 05, 1969 |
| Time: | 0134 |
| Location: | Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey, England |
| Operator: | Ariana Afghan Airlines |
| Flight #: | 701 |
| Route: | Frankfurt - London |
| AC Type: | Boeing B-727-113C |
| Registration: | YA-FAR |
| cn / ln: | 19690/540 |
| Aboard: | 62 (passengers:54 crew:8) |
| Fatalities: | 48 (passengers:43 crew:5) |
| Ground: | 2 |
| Summary: | The aircraft descended below the glide slope and crashed into trees and a house short of the runway. Incorrect setting of flaps and instruments. The pilot inadvertently allowing the aircraft to descend below the glide slope during the final stage of an approach to land until it was too low for recovery to be effected. |
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