Saudia Flight 163 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight that landed at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport after a flight from Karachi, Pakistan. On August 19, 1980, 287 passengers and 14 crew were on board the Lockheed L1011-200 TriStar, registered HZ-AHK, which would fly on to the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah.
Flight 163 took off at 18:08 GMT to complete its final leg. However, 6 minutes into the flight, the crew received warnings of smoke in the plane's aft cargo compartment.
The flight crew returned to King Khalid International Airport and landed safely, but everyone aboard died because the evacuation was delayed. Furthermore, the captain of the flight did not order an emergency evacuation of the L1011 after the landing.
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Last updated: 08-21-2005 05:59:08
