Airplane Crash - Near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 08/19/1980
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
| Date | 08/19/1980 |
| Time | 19:08 |
| Location | Near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Operator | Saudi Arabian Airlines |
| Flight # | 163 |
| Route | Riyadh - Jeddah |
| Type | Lockheed 1011-200 TriStar |
| Registration | HZ-AHK |
| Cn/In | 1169 |
| Aboard | 301 |
| Fatalities | 301 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | The flight experienced a fire in the aft cargo compartment 6 minutes after taking off from Rilyadh. The plane returned to the airport and landed but because of a delay in evacuating the plane, all aboard were killed by smoke and fire. Half a minute before landing the captain decided not to order an emergency evacuation. When he landed, he did not stop immediately but instead proceeded to make a normal landing delaying the fire equipment from putting out the fire. It took a full twenty-three minutes after touchdown before the doors were opened. The failure of the captain to prepare the cabin crew for immediate evacuation upon landing and his failure in not making a maximum stop landing on the runway, with immediate evacuation. |
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