Date:	Friday 23 September 1983
Time:	15:30
Type:	Boeing 737-2P6
Owner/operator:	Gulf Air
Registration:	A4O-BK
MSN:	21734/566
Year of manufacture:	1979
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney 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)

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.

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

• 5^th worst accident in 1983
• 10^th worst accident of this aircraft type
• 2^nd worst accident of this aircraft type at the time

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

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