Gulf Air Flight 771 · Jebel Ali
On September 23, 1983, Gulf Air Flight 771 (Jebel Ali). 112 people died.
- Date
- September 23, 1983
- Place
- Jebel Ali
- Operator
- Gulf Air
- Killed
- 112
- Position
- 24.850°N, 54.950°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q2335758
From Wikipedia
Gulf Air Flight 771 was an international scheduled passenger flight from Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan, to Abu Dhabi International Airport, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. On 23 September 1983, while the Boeing 737-200 was on approach, a bomb, planted by the Iraqi-based Palestinian nationalist militant group, Abu Nidal Organization, exploded in the baggage compartment, resulting in a fire. The aircraft crashed in the desert near Jebel Ali between Abu Dhabi and Dubai. All 105 passengers and 7 crew members died. To date, it is the deadliest air disaster in the history of the United Arab Emirates, along with Sterling Airways Flight 296 in 1972 which also had 112 fatalities.
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