Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Flash Airlines Flight 604 was a charter flight operated by Egyptian charter company Flash Airlines. On 3 January 2004, the Boeing 737-300 crashed into the Red Sea shortly after takeoff from Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, killing all 142 passengers, many of them French tourists, and all 6 crew members. The findings of the crash investigation are controversial, with accident investigators from the different countries involved not agreeing on the cause. Flight 604 has the highest death toll of any aviation accident in Egypt, and the highest death toll of any accident involving a Boeing 737-300.