| Date: | Monday 8 July 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Convair CV-340-68 |
| Owner/operator: | Saudi Arabian Airlines |
| Registration: | HZ-AAZ |
| MSN: | 219 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5 km S of Dhahran International Airport (DHA) -
 Saudi Arabia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bahrain International Airport (BAH/OBBI) |
| Dhahran International Airport (DHA/OEDR) |
The aircraft crashed after aborting the approach for the third time in conditions of bad visibility due to blowing dust.
Sources:
The Times-News - Jul 9, 1968
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