| KLM Flight 823 | |
| Occurrence Type: | Accident |
| Date: | 12 June 1961 |
| Type: | Pilot error |
| Site: | Near Cairo International Airport, Egypt |
| Aircraft Type: | Lockheed L-188 Electra |
| Operator: | KLM |
| Tail Number: | PH-LLM |
| Origin: | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Netherlands |
| Stopover0: | Munich Airport, Germany |
| Stopover1: | Rome, Italy |
| Stopover2: | Cairo International Airport, Egypt |
| Stopover3: | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Destination: | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Passengers: | 29 |
| Crew: | 7 |
| Injuries: | 16 |
| Fatalities: | 20 |
| Survivors: | 16 |
KLM Flight 823 was an air accident in 1961 involving a Lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft that crashed on approach to Cairo International Airport in Egypt after a flight from Rome in Italy. The crash killed 20 out of 29 passengers and 7 crew on flight 823.
The accident aircraft was an American built Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop-powered airliner, registration PH-LLM, built in 1960.[1]
KLM Flight 823 took off from Amsterdam on 11 June on a flight to Kuala Lumpur with stopovers at Munich, Rome, Cairo, and Karachi. Twenty-nine passengers and seven crew were aboard the aircraft on the third leg of the planned schedule, between Rome and Cairo. At 04:11 local time, the aircraft was on approach to runway 34 at Cairo International Airport but struck high ground about 4 km (2.5 mi) south of the airport. The aircraft broke up on impact, with both sections catching fire. Seventeen passengers and three crew were killed.[1] [2]
The cause of the crash of KLM Flight 823 was attributed to pilot error, being blamed on the pilot-in-command not paying sufficient attention to his instruments.[1]