What the records say
- 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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