What is Saudia Flight 163?
'''[[Saudia]] Flight 163''' was a scheduled passenger flight from [[Karachi]] to [[Jeddah]], via [[Riyadh]]. On August 19, 1980 the [[Lockheed L-1011 TriStar]] with 287 passengers and 14 crew members on-board, caught fire seven minutes after take-off. Although the plane made an emergency landing at [[Riyadh International Airport]], all 301 people on-board died of smoke inhalation, with the [[aircraft]] later destroyed by the fire. [[Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in the 1980s]] [[Category:1980 in Asia]] [[Category:20th century in Saudi Arabia]]