Air disaster

Middle East Airlines Flight 438

1 Jan 1976 · 28.63° N, 45.78° E

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When
1 Jan 1976
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
28.63° N, 45.78° E
Description
1976 airliner bombing
Deaths
81

Middle East Airlines Flight 438

1976 airliner bombing

Middle East Airlines Flight 438 was an international passenger flight operated by a Boeing 720 from Beirut, Lebanon, to Muscat, Oman, with a stopover in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. On 1 January 1976, the aircraft operating the flight was destroyed at 11,300 feet by a bomb, killing all 81 people on board. The bombers were never identified.

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