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Tafheet (تفحيط), or popularly hajwalah (هجولة), [a] (colloquially known as Arab drifting or Saudi drifting), is a type of street racing-like subculture believed to have started in the late 1970s in Saudi Arabia, that involves driving cars that are generally non-modified or factory-setup (sometimes stolen or rented cars) at very high speeds, around 160–260 km/h (100–160 mph ...
The flight was cleared for a Runway 23 approach but crashed approximately 5 kilometres from it. Everyone on board Flight 749 perished in the accident. After the crash, the sandstorm hampered rescue operations. Visibility was near zero and rescue vehicles became bogged down in the drifting sands. [1] [2]
14 February 2017 – A United Arab Emiates UAV MQ-1B shot down by Houthi anti aircraft missile over Marib province. [44] [45] 24 February 2017 – A Royal Jordanian Air Force F-16 crashed in Najran, Saudi Arabia, a military source reported that the pilot survived the crash. [46] Houthis claimed to have shot down the aircraft. [47]
Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in the United Arab Emirates" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A United Arab Airlines An-24 (SU-AOB) crashed at Luxor, Egypt during a test flight. [3] 18 March 1966 United Arab Airlines Flight 749 crashed while attempting to land at Cairo International Airport. All 30 passengers and crew on board were killed. [4] 29 August 1966 A Cubana An-24 (CU-T875) was written off at Camaguey Airport. [5] 30 September 1966
Accident [ edit ] The aircraft took off from King Abdulaziz International Airport in Saudi Arabia on a flight to Benina International Airport in the Libyan city of Benghazi with a crew of six and 159 passengers – pilgrims returning to Libya from the Hajj – on board. [ 3 ]
Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103 was a Boeing 727-2L5 with 9 crew members and 150 passengers on board that collided with a LARAF Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23UB on 22 December 1992. All 159 people on board Flight 1103 were killed, while the pilot and instructor of the MiG-23 ejected and survived.
The involved Fokker 50 while still in operation with Lufthansa CityLine. The aircraft involved was a Fokker 50, registered EP-LCA. [2] It first flew on 25 January 1993 with Lufthansa CityLine as D-AFFJ, then to Air Nostrum for Iberia as EC-GKU prior to being delivered to Kish Air on 1 March 2002. [3]