 A4O-BK, the aircraft involved in the bombing | |
| Incident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 23 September 1983 |
| Summary | Terrorist bombing |
| Site | Jebel Ali (near Abu Dhabi International Airport), United Arab Emirates |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-2P6 |
| Operator | Gulf Air |
| IATA flight No. | GF771 |
| ICAO flight No. | GFA771 |
| Call sign | GULF AIR 771 |
| Registration | A4O-BK |
| Flight origin | Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan |
| Destination | Abu Dhabi International Airport, United Arab Emirates |
| Occupants | 112 |
| Passengers | 107 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 112 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Gulf Air Flight 771 was a flight from Karachi, Pakistan, to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. On 23 September 1983, while the Boeing 737-2P6[1] was on approach to Abu Dhabi International Airport, a bomb planted by Palestinian nationalist militant group, Abu Nidal Organization, exploded in the baggage compartment. The plane crashed in the desert near Jebel Ali between Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the UAE. All five crew members and 107 passengers died. To date, it is the deadliest air disaster in the history of the United Arab Emirates along with Sterling Airways Flight 296 which also killed 112 in 1972.[2]
- ^ "Accident Synopsis". airdisaster.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
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