EgyptAir Flight 864

EgyptAir Flight 864 was a flight from Rome Fiumicino Airport

to Tokyo International Airport, via Cairo, Bombay, and EgyptAir Flight 864
Bangkok. On 25 December 1976, the Boeing 707 on the route
crashed into an industrial complex in Bangkok. All 52 people on
board were killed, plus 19 on the ground in the crash.[1]

Contents
Aircraft A Boeing 707-320C of EgyptAir, similar
Accident to the accident aircraft

Cause Accident

References Date 25 December 1976

Summary Pilot error
Site Don Mueang
Aircraft International
Airport, Bangkok,
Thailand
The aircraft was a Boeing 707-366C with the (serial number
20763 and serial 871) that had its maiden flight on 25 August Total fatalities 71
1973. The aircraft was registered as SU-AXA and was delivered Aircraft
to EgyptAir, and entered service on 20 September the same Aircraft type Boeing 707-366C
year.[2] The aircraft was powered by Pratt & Whitney JT3D-7
Operator EgyptAir
turbofan engines.[1]
IATA flight No. MS864
ICAO flight No. MSR864
Accident Call sign EGYPTAIR 864

Flight 864 was a regularly scheduled international passenger Registration SU-AXA

flight from Rome to Tokyo with stopovers in Cairo, Bombay and Flight origin Rome Fiumicino
Bangkok.[3] With 9 crew members and 44 passengers on board, Airport, Italy
flight 864 approached Bangkok. At 20:30 GMT (03:30 local 1st stopover Cairo International
time), the crew contacted the approach controller and reported Airport, Egypt
about the distance of 33 nautical miles (61 km) from the airport’s 2nd stopover Santacruz Airport,
radio beacon. At this time, conditions were reported as calm, India
with cloudiness from 2/8 to 4/8 at the lower border of 300 Last stopover Don Mueang
meters, air temperature of 25 °C at a dew point of 24°C, visibility International
of 4000 meters, and an airfield pressure of 1007 mB. Having Airport, Thailand
received the radar vector to the “BK” DPRM, the crew began Destination Tokyo International
their approach to runway 21L. The crew reported their Airport, Japan
observations. The controller cleared the flight to land, and the
Occupants 52
crew acknowledged the transmission. Then at about 03:45, the
aircraft crashed into a weaving mill building in an industrial area Passengers 43
of the city, located 2 kilometers northeast of the end of runway Crew 9
21L. The aircraft exploded on impact, and all 52 people on board Fatalities 52
were killed.[4] The weaving mill was also destroyed, with 19
people killed on the ground. The total number of victims was 71 Survivors 0
people. At that time, the crash was the deadliest aviation disaster Ground casualties
to occur in Thailand (it is now the sixth).[1]
Ground fatalities 19

Cause
Pilot error was determined to be the cause of the crash.[5] EgyptAir claimed that the Bangkok control tower
had provided inadequate weather information to the crew of Flight 864.[6] The crew had also reduced the
aircraft's vertical speed and did not monitor its height properly.[5][7]

References
1. Accident description (https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19761225-0) at the
Aviation Safety Network
2. "SU-AXA - Boeing 707-366C, MSN 20763" (http://onespotter.com/aircraft/id/362332/SU-AXA;js
essionid=1764CEE37AFF4FBFECCC000B957D37C7) (in Russian). OneSpotter.com.
Retrieved 3 September 2014.
3. "Crash of a Boeing 707 in Bangkok: 73 killed" (https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193056/h
ttp://www.baaa-acro.com/1976/archives/crash-of-a-boeing-707-in-bangkok-73-killed/). B3A
Aircraft Accidents Archives. Archived from the original (http://www.baaa-acro.com/1976/archive
s/crash-of-a-boeing-707-in-bangkok-73-killed/) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
4. "A Benefit Analysis for Cabin Water Spray Systems and Enhanced Fuselage Burnthrough
Protection" (https://web.archive.org/web/20110606163132/http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAPA
P2002_4.PDF) (PDF). Safety Regulation Group. 7 April 2003. p. 72. Archived from the original
(http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAPAP2002_4.PDF) (PDF) on 6 June 2011. Retrieved
3 September 2014.
5. "Jetliner Crash in Bangkok in 1976 Is Officially Laid to Pilot Error" (https://www.nytimes.com/19
78/05/14/archives/jetliner-crash-in-bangkok-in-1976-is-officially-laid-to-pilot-error.html). The
New York Times. 14 May 1978.
6. Gero, David (1996). Aviation Disasters Second Edition. Patrick Stephens Limited. p. 139.
7. "Accident Synopsis" (http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=12251976&reg=
SU-AXA&airline=EgyptAir). AirDisaster.com. Retrieved 3 September 2014.

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