Unfallbericht:
The aircraft crashed after the crew had issued a brief distress message. It appeared that a bomb had exploded in the cargo compartment, causing a violent fire.
accident date: 23-09-1983
type: Boeing 737-2P6
registration: A4O-BK
| Status: | |
| Datum: | Freitag 23 September 1983 |
| Zeit: | ca 15:30 |
| Flugzeugtyp: |  Boeing 737-2P6 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Gulf Air |
| Kennzeichen: | A4O-BK |
| Werknummer: | 21734/566 |
| Baujahr: | 1979-04-04 (4 years 6 months) |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 5 / Insassen: 5 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 107 / Insassen: 107 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 112 / Insassen: 112 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | Mino Jebel Ali ( Vereinigte Arabische Emirate)
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| Flugphase: | Annäherung (APR) |
| Betriebsart: | Internationaler Linienflug |
| Flug von: | Karachi International Airport (KHI/OPKC), Pakistan |
| Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH/OMAA), Vereinigte Arabische Emirate | |
| Flugnummer: | 771 |
The aircraft crashed after the crew had issued a brief distress message. It appeared that a bomb had exploded in the cargo compartment, causing a violent fire.
Informationsquelle:
» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAAFotos
accident date: 23-09-1983
type: Boeing 737-2P6
registration: A4O-BK
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Distance from Karachi International Airport to Abu Dhabi International Airport as the crow flies is 1257 km (786 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Karachi International Airport to Abu Dhabi International Airport as the crow flies is 1257 km (786 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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