Tag: Riyadh Airport Disaster
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On This Day In 1980: Saudia Flight 163 Landed Safely After A Fire – Still All 301 People Aboard Died Inside The Aircraft
On 19 August 1980, Saudia Flight 163 left Riyadh International Airport for Jeddah aboard a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar carrying 287 passengers and 14 crew. What followed became one of aviation’s most haunting disasters: the aircraft successfully returned to the airport after an in-flight fire, landed safely and stopped on a taxiway—yet nobody survived. Flight 163…
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