| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | November 26, 1979 |
| Time: | 0203 |
| Location: | Near At Ta'if, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| Operator: | Pakistan International Airlines |
| Flight #: | 740 |
| Route: | Jeddah - Karachi |
| AC Type: | Boeing B-707-340C |
| Registration: | AP-AWZ |
| cn / ln: | 20275/844 |
| Aboard: | 156 (passengers:145 crew:11) |
| Fatalities: | 156 (passengers:145 crew:11) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | After being airborne about a half an hour a cabin attendant reported a fire in the aft cabin area. Seventeen minutes later the aircraft crashed into a rocky desert while attempting an emergency landing. The blaze may have been started by a passenger possibly from a leaking kerosene stove carried aboard by a Haj pilgrim passenger. |
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