Lapta Air Crash 1973 - Egyptair Flight MS 741
Lapta Air Crash 1973 - Egyptair Flight MS 741

Air Crash Cyprus Part 3- The Story of Egyptair Flight MS 741- January 1973.


Oz Orman from Morton Park FC brings another fine video review to CyprusScene.


'Cyprus was a small place and everything is known eventually.' Katie Clerides.


In January 1973, a routine flight into Nicosia International airport ended in disaster. This is the story of Egyptair Flight MS 741, which crashed into the Kyrenia Mountains as it descended into the Cypriot capital from Cairo.


The aircraft involved was the Soviet built, IIyushin 18. List of passengers and crew on Egyptair Flight MS 741 (29.1.1973).


https://youtu.be/8TJpRSS9XgM?si=iHKWq5W7pdYBoWk5


*The following is based on British Government Records and Newspaper Reports..

The Flight Crew: (7)


Captain Hussein Allam (Egyptian)


Co-Pilot Fikry Habib Girgis (Egyptian)


Flight Engineer Kamal Tantawy (Egyptian)


Hussif El Adaway (Egyptian)


Salah Sherif (Egyptian)


Georget Barscobe (Egyptian)-


Stewardess Nashwa al Moniem (Egyptian)-


Stewardess Passengers: (30)

British: (15/16?)


Miss Diane Rendle (British) buried in Kyrenia, Cyprus.


Mr John Vickers (British) buried in Larnaca, Cyprus.


Mrs Irene Vickers (British) buried in Larnaca, Cyprus.


Miss Janet Vickers (British) buried in Larnaca, Cyprus.


Mr John Taylor (British) buried in Larnaca, Cyprus.


Mrs Katherine Taylor (British) buried in Larnaca, Cyprus.


Dr George Hacking (British)


Mrs Mary Hacking (British)


Mr Phillip Rabjohns (British)


Mrs Jean Sword (British)


Major Sword (British)


Mr Denton-Cardew (British)


Miss Sheila Noble (British)


Mr John Fareham (British)


Mrs Elizabeth Fareham (British)


*Mrs Raymond Jean Picollet (British/French) buried in Larnaca, Cyprus.

Irish: (1)


Miss Helen Deery (Irish)

French: (1/2): Contradictory Information about Mrs Raymond Jean Picollet's nationality?


Mr Germain Picollet (French) buried in Larnaca, Cyprus.


*Mrs Raymond Jean Picollet (British/French) buried in Larnaca, Cyprus.

Canadian: (1)


Miss Grace Miller (Canadian) buried in Larnaca, Cyprus. 

Americans: (6)


Miss Anne Valentine (American) buried in Famagusta, Cyprus.


T. Woods (American) buried in Larnaca, Cyprus.


Mr Richard Wilhite (American) buried in Larnaca, Cyprus.


Mrs Mary Wilhite (American) buried in Larnaca, Cyprus.


Mrs L. Miller (American) buried in Larnaca, Cyprus.


Mr Samuel Miller (American).

Swedish: (2)


Mr Leif Dlof Esberg (Swedish)


Mr Carl Henrik Roland Esenborg (Swedish)

Egyptian: (3)


Dr Thabet El Sayed (Egyptian)


Mr Sabri Mustafa Ahmed (Egyptian)


Mr Mahmud Ahmed El Saheif (Egyptian)

 Jordanian: (1)


Mr Hayam Hassan Rashed (Jordanian)


 

 

 

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