Uganda Airlines Flight 775
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Uganda Airlines Flight 775 was a Boeing 707-338C, registration 5X-UBC, that crashed while attempting to land at Rome-Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy on 17 October 1988.[1] Thirty-three of the 52 occupants on board were killed.[2][3][4]
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Occurrence | |
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Date | 17 October 1988 (1988-10-17) |
Summary | Pilot error |
Site | Rome-Fiumicino Airport, Rome, Italy 41.8044°N 12.2508°E / 41.8044; 12.2508 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 707-338C |
Operator | Uganda Airlines |
Registration | 5X-UBC |
Flight origin | London Gatwick Airport, London, United Kingdom |
Stopover | Rome-Fiumicino Airport, Rome, Italy |
Destination | Entebbe Airport, Entebbe, Uganda |
Occupants | 52 |
Passengers | 45 |
Crew | 7 |
Fatalities | 33 |
Survivors | 19 |
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