Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600
Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines Boeing 727-2D3 · Loss of control on a missed approach caused by a microburst-induced wind shear
From Marka International (Amman Civil) Airport (ADJ) to Muscat International Airport (MCT)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 45 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 64
- Survivors
- 19
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 15
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Boeing 727-2D3
- Flight
- RJ600
- Aircraft type
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- JY-ADU
- Operator
- Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines
- Onboard fatalities
- 45
- Route
- From Marka International (Amman Civil) Airport (ADJ)To Muscat International Airport (MCT)
Approximate · Estimated position: Doha International Airport, the airport the Wikipedia article names as the site. Where on or near it is not known.
From the Wikipedia article
Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Marka International Airport, Jordan, to Seeb International Airport, Muscat, Oman, via Doha International Airport in Qatar. On the night of 13 March 1979, the Boeing 727 operating the flight was carrying out a missed approach to Doha's Runway 34 when it flew into a downburst, causing the aircraft to crash onto the runway, flip over and slide tail-first into a fire station, killing 41 passengers and 4 crew. However, there were also 19 survivors from those on board. The crash remains the deadliest aviation accident in the history of Qatar.
Accident
At 21:55 UTC, Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600 departed Amman's Marka International Airport with 49 passengers and 15 crew on board. First Officer Abu Hamdeh (38) was at the controls while Captain al-Alami (32) was the pilot monitoring.
Investigation and cause
Final report
In the final report, released by the State of Qatar on 15 December 1979, the investigation concluded that:
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600
- Revision
- 1372870319 · 2026-09-02 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q15924516
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600" (page 41548186, revision 1372870319)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- airport the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata code, OurAirports)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- airline flight number in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.