Flash Airlines Flight 604 · Red Sea
On January 3, 2004, Flash Airlines Flight 604 (Red Sea). 148 people died.
- Date
- January 3, 2004
- Place
- Red Sea
- Operator
- Flash Airlines
- Killed
- 148
- Position
- 27.833°N, 34.383°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q1427211
From Wikipedia
Flash Airlines Flight 604 was a charter flight from Sharm El Sheikh International Airport in Egypt to Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, France, with a stop-over at Cairo International Airport, provided by Egyptian private charter company Flash Airlines. On January 3, 2004, the Boeing 737-300 that was operating the route crashed into the Red Sea shortly after takeoff from Sharm El Sheikh, killing all 148 people, including all 135 passengers, most of whom were French tourists, and all 13 crew members. The findings of the crash investigation were controversial, with accident investigators from the different countries involved unable to agree on the cause of the accident.
Flight 604 was the deadliest air disaster in Egypt until it was surpassed almost 12 years later by the bombing of Metrojet Flight 9268. It remains the deadliest accident involving a 737 Classic aircraft.
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