1975 Agadir Royal Air Maroc Boeing 707 crash
JY-AEE, the aircraft involved, seen at Frankfurt Airport, the day before the crash | |
| Accident | |
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| Date | August 3, 1975 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error |
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| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 707-321C |
| Operator | Alia Royal Jordanian on behalf of Royal Air Maroc |
| Registration | JY-AEE |
| Flight origin | Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France |
| Destination | Inezgane Airport, Agadir, Morocco |
| Occupants | 188 |
| Passengers | 181 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 188 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 3 August 1975, a chartered Royal Air Maroc international passenger flight from Paris to Agadir crashed into a mountain while descending to land at Inezgane Airport. All 188 passengers and crew members died. The aircraft involved was a Boeing 707 passenger airliner operated by Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines on behalf of Royal Air Maroc. The accident is the deadliest in Moroccan history and the deadliest involving a Boeing 707, surpassing the Kano air disaster two years before, also involving a chartered Alia Royal Jordanian aircraft.