Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705
A PIA 720, similar to the one involved. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 20 May 1965 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain during approach; excessive descent - cause undetermined |
| Site | |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 720B |
| Operator | Pakistan International Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | PK705 |
| ICAO flight No. | PIA705 |
| Call sign | PAKISTAN 705 |
| Registration | AP-AMH |
| Flight origin | Karachi Airport, Pakistan |
| 2nd stopover | Dhahran International Airport, Saudi Arabia |
| 3rd stopover | Cairo International Airport, Egypt |
| Last stopover | Geneva Airport, Switzerland |
| Destination | London Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom |
| Occupants | 127 |
| Passengers | 114 |
| Crew | 13 |
| Fatalities | 121 |
| Injuries | 6 |
| Survivors | 6 |
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705 (PK705) was a Boeing 720 airliner that crashed while descending to land at Cairo International Airport on 20 May 1965. Of the 127 passengers and crew on board, all but 6 were killed.
The crash was the deadliest aviation disaster to occur in Egypt at the time, and is now the third-deadliest. It is also the deadliest aviation disaster involving the Boeing 720.