- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | August 19, 1980 |
Time: | 1908 |
Location: | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Operator: | Saudi Arabian Airlines |
Flight #: | 163 |
Route: | Riyadh - Jeddah |
AC Type: | Lockheed 1011-200 TriStar |
Registration: | HZ-AHK |
cn / ln: | 1169 |
Aboard: | 301 (passengers:287 crew:14) |
Fatalities: | 301 (passengers:287 crew:14) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The flight experienced a fire in the aft cargo compartment 6 minutes after taking off from Rilyadh. The plane returned to the airport and landed but because of a delay in evacuating the plane, all aboard were killed by smoke and fire. Half a minute before landing the captain decided not to order an emergency evacuation. When he landed, he did not stop immediately but instead proceeded to make a normal landing delaying the fire equipment from putting out the fire. It took a full twenty-three minutes after touchdown before the doors were opened. The failure of the captain to prepare the cabin crew for immediate evacuation upon landing and his failure in not making a maximum stop landing on the runway, with immediate evacuation. |
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