Date:	Friday 23 September 1983
Time:	15:46
Type:	Boeing 737-2P6
Owner/operator:	Gulf Air
Registration:	A4O-BK
MSN:	21734/566
Year of manufacture:	1979
Engine model:	P&W JT8D-15
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 112 / Occupants: 112
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Unlawful Interference
Location:	Mino Jebel Ali -   United Arab Emirates
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Karachi International Airport (KHI/OPKC)
Destination airport:	Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH/OMAA)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gulf Air flight 771, a Boeing 737-200, crashed near Mino Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates, killing all 112 occupants.

At 15:33 local time, the aircraft was cleared to descend from FL310 to FL60. At 15:38 a transponder squawk was observed on radar and at 15:40:16 a mayday call was heard. A second mayday call was heard at 15:40:32. At 15:45:32 the radar return was lost.
The aircraft wreckage was scattered over an area 300 m wide and 700 m long. There was evidence of pre- and post-impact fire.

It appeared that a bomb had exploded in the cargo compartment, causing a violent fire.

Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT); June 1983

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Apr-2025 09:26	ASN	Updated [Time, Narrative, ]
15-Apr-2025 09:27	ASN	Updated [Narrative, Category, ]