| - | 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. Failure of the crew to declare an emergency. The first officer use the wrong checklist. 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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