What the records say
- When
- 14 Mar 1972
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 25.07° N, 56.36° E
- Description
- aviation accident in Dubai on 14 Mar. 1972
- Deaths
- 112
- Injured
- 0
- Cause
- controlled flight into terrain
Sterling Airways Flight 296
1972 aviation accident in Dubai
On 14 March 1972, Sterling Airways Flight 296 crashed into a mountain ridge on approach to Dubai in Al Hayl, Fujariah. Flight 296 was a charter flight from Colombo to Copenhagen with stops in Bombay, Dubai, and Ankara. All 112 passengers and crew on board died in the crash which was attributed to pilot error. The flight was operated by a Sud Aviation Caravelle, registration OY-STL.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Катастрофа SE-210 под Кальбой — крупнейшая в истории Арабских Эмиратов (112 погибших)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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