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Aswan International Airport
Aswan
International Airport
, also known as
Daraw Airport
, is an airport located
16
km
southwest of
Aswan, Egypt
. It was built in 1956 and upgraded in
1992
and 1999 by the
Egyptian government
.
Airlines and
destinations
Accidents
and incidents
In
October 1963
, a
Soviet Union
military transport
plane
crashed
at the airport, killing 14 people.
20 March
1969, a
United Arab Airlines Il-18
crashed while attempting to land at Aswan International Airport.
100
of the
105
passengers and crew
on board
died.