Narrative:
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.
Loss of control
accident date: 23-09-1983
type: Boeing 737-2P6
registration: A4O-BK
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 23 September 1983 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-2P6 |
| Operator: | Gulf Air |
| Registration: | A4O-BK |
| MSN: | 21734/566 |
| First flight: | 1979-04-04 (4 years 6 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 107 / Occupants: 107 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 112 / Occupants: 112 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mino Jebel Ali ( United Arab Emirates)
|
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Karachi International Airport (KHI/OPKC), Pakistan |
| Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH/OMAA), United Arab Emirates | |
| Flightnumber: | 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.
Classification:
SabotageLoss of control
Sources:
» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAAPhotos
accident date: 23-09-1983
type: Boeing 737-2P6
registration: A4O-BK
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 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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