Gulf Air Flight 771
A4O-BK, the aircraft involved in the bombing | |
| Bombing | |
|---|---|
| Date | 23 September 1983 |
| Summary | Terrorist bombing |
| Site | Jebel Ali (near Abu Dhabi International Airport), United Arab Emirates |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-2P6 |
| Operator | Gulf Air |
| IATA flight No. | GF771 |
| ICAO flight No. | GFA771 |
| Call sign | GULF AIR 771 |
| Registration | A4O-BK |
| Flight origin | Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan |
| 1st stopover | Abu Dhabi International Airport, United Arab Emirates |
| Last stopover | Doha, Qatar |
| Destination | Bahrain |
| Occupants | 112 |
| Passengers | 105 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 112 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Gulf Air Flight 771 was an international scheduled passenger flight from Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan, to Abu Dhabi International Airport, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. On 23 September 1983, while the Boeing 737-2P6 was on approach, a bomb, planted by the Palestinian nationalist militant group, Abu Nidal Organization, exploded in the baggage compartment, resulting in a fire. The aircraft crashed in the desert near Jebel Ali between Abu Dhabi and Dubai. All 105 passengers and 7 crew members died. To date, it is the deadliest air disaster in the history of the United Arab Emirates, along with Sterling Airways Flight 296 which also killed 112 in 1972.