On 20 March 1969, a United Arab Airlines Ilyushin Il-18 crashed while attempting to land at Aswan Airport.

The flight was a non-scheduled international passenger service from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Aswan, Egypt.

[1] It was dark in the early morning when the flight attempted to land and blowing sand had reduced visibility to 2–3 kilometers.

After two unsuccessful attempts to land, the aircraft was making a third try when it banked to the right and hit the left side of the runway.

[2] The probable cause was determined to be that the "Pilot descended below the minimum safe altitude without having the runway lights clearly in sight.