| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 01 ENE 1976 |
| Hora: | 05:30 |
| Tipo: | Boeing 720-023B |
| Operador: | Middle East Airlines - MEA |
| Registración: | OD-AFT |
| Numéro de série: | 18020/165 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1960 |
| Motores: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-1-MC7 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 15 / Ocupantes: 15 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 66 / Ocupantes: 66 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 81 / Ocupantes: 81 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 37 km (23.1 milles) NW of Al Qaysumah (Arabia Saudita)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Internacional Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA), Líbano |
| Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Dubai Airport (DXB/OMDB), Emiratos Árabes Unidos |
| Número de Vuelo: | 438 |
Descripción:En route at FL370 from Beirut to Dubai, a bomb exploded in the forward baggage compartment. The aircraft crashed into the desert.
Fuentes:
» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Beirut International Airport to Dubai Airport as the crow flies is 2127 km (1329 miles).
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.