Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, May 6, 1961, Kameshli...
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on May 6, 1961 near Kameshli Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria with no fatalities.
- Date: May 6, 1961
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Kameshli Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
A United Arab Airlines Douglas C 47 on a scheduled Cairo to Damascus to Aleppo to Kameshli service struck the ground about 300 meters short of the runway threshold while on final approach to Kameshli on 6 May 1961, then caught fire. All seven occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.