Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 SEP 1983 |
| Time: | ca 15:30 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-2P6 |
| Operator: | Gulf Air |
| Registration: | A4O-BK |
| C/n / 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 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mino Jebel Ali (United Arab Emirates)
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| 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.
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Sources:
» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
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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).
Distance from Karachi International Airport to Abu Dhabi International Airport as the crow flies is 1257 km (786 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.
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