Accidents and Incidents
- On January 22, 1973, 176 people were killed when an ALIA Boeing 707 was landing at Kano, Nigeria.
- On August 3, 1975, all 188 persons when an ALIA Boeing 707 struck a mountain ridge while making its approach for a landing in Morocco.
- On March 14, 1979, 45 of the 64 persons aboard an ALIA Boeing 727 were killed as a result of a windshear on landing at the Doha Airport in Qatar.
Since the name of the carrier was changed to Royal Jordanian Airlines, the only fatal incident was when a hijacker, seeking political asylum, was killed by the onboard security agent on 5 July 2000, on board a Royal Jordanian Airbus A320 flying from Amman to Damascus.
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Famous quotes containing the words accidents and/or incidents:
“I can forgive even that wrong of wrongs,
Those undreamt accidents that have made me
Seeing that Fame has perished this long while,
Being but a part of ancient ceremony
Notorious, till all my priceless things
Are but a post the passing dogs defile.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.”
—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)