Latitude and longitude of PIA Flight 740
- Nearby Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Satellite map of PIA Flight 740
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740 was a Hajj pilgrimage flight that crashed after takeoff from Jeddah International Airport on 26 November 1979. All 156 on board the Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 707-340C were killed. An in-flight fire in the cabin area, through its intensity and rapid extension, resulted in panic among the passengers and smoke in the cockpit, eventually incapacitating the flight crew.
Latitude: 21° 29' 59.99" N
Longitude: 39° 50' 59.99" E
Nearest city to this article: Mecca
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