An MEA Boeing 720 (OD-AFS) similar to one involved in the accident, seen at Beirut Rafic Hariri Int'l - OLBA on July 1977
Bombing
Date
1 January 1976
Summary
Terrorist bombing
Site
37 km (23 mi) NW of Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 720-023B
Operator
Middle East Airlines
Registration
OD-AFT
Flight origin
Beirut International Airport
Stopover
Abu Dhabi International Airport
Destination
Muscat International Airport
Passengers
66
Crew
15
Fatalities
81
Injuries
0
Survivors
0
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 by a bomb, killing all 81 people on board. The bombers were never identified.[1]
^Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 720-023B OD-AFT Al Qaysumah". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
and 27 Related for: Middle East Airlines Flight 438 information
international flights to Asia, Europe, the MiddleEast, and Africa from its base at Rafic Hariri International Airport. MiddleEastAirlines (MEA) is a member...
Korea MiddleEastAirlinesFlight438 Air India Flight 182 Pan Am Flight 103 Philippine AirlinesFlight 434 China AirlinesFlight 825 Metrojet Flight 9268...
Addis Ababa with no further casualties.[1] On January 1, 1976, MiddleEastAirlinesFlight438, a Boeing 720-023B (reg. OD-AFT), was destroyed en-route from...
aircraft was written off as it was consumed by fire. January 1 – MiddleEastAirlinesFlight438, a Boeing 720, crashes in Saudi Arabia when a bomb explodes...
Ruling on Crash". The New York Times. "ASN Accident Description (MiddleEastAirlines-438)". Aviation Safety Network. 1 January 1976. Retrieved 27 June 2013...
plane. One flight attendant, an innocent passenger and one of the hijackers were killed. MiddleEastAirlinesFlight438 – Disintegrated in flight from an...
incidents List of terrorist incidents "Aerospaceweb.org - Ask Us - Commercial Airline Bombing History". Retrieved 17 December 2014. Linden, F. Robert Van der;...
explodes on board MiddleEastAirlinesFlight438 over Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 81 people on board. 1978 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747...
January 1 A bomb explodes in the forward cargo compartment of MiddleEastAirlinesFlight438, a Boeing 720-023B, at an altitude of 11,300 meters (37,100...
Airways Japan Airlines Kenya Airways KLM KM Malta Airlines Korean Air LATAM Brasil Luxair MiddleEastAirlines Qantas Saudia Singapore Airlines Sky Express...
Airlines, Air Europa, Air India, Egyptair, GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS), Hapagfly, Japan Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, Ryanair, Sky Airlines...
American Airlines, British Airways, Canadian Airlines, and Cathay Pacific. with other airlines joining subsequently. With the entry of new discount airline Virgin...
Salaam Region of Tanzania. The airport has flights to destinations in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the MiddleEast. It is named after Julius Nyerere, the nation's...
last flight was on 4 March 1976 when it flew to the Fleet Air Arm Museum at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, England. It had made 438flights (836...
on January 30, 2019. "Flight 261 Special Report: Alaska Airlines Names Aviation Experts To Conduct Safety Audit". Alaska Airlines. March 24, 2000. Archived...
is a list of aviation-related events from 1977. Uganda Airlines begins flight operations. East African Airways ceases all operations. It will go into...
flight hours a client will be needing. Pay as you fly resembles the business model used by commercial airlines where a client only pays for a flight they...
second hand Hermes were routinely used by various charter airlines. The final Hermes flight was performed sometimes during 1969, by which point most of...
front of his girlfriend after someone from her past goes over the edge. 438 40 "Inside the Tape Special #9" Kansas City, Kansas / Atlanta, Georgia February 25...
commercial flight to depart from London Heathrow Airport. East African Airways begins flight operations. MiddleEastAirlines begins flight operations...
USC suggested the name United Airlines Field at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum instead of the planned United Airlines Memorial Coliseum. Although United...
Israeli aircraft. The closing forced Israel's national airline, El Al, to discontinue its weekly flight to Nairobi, Kenya, and Johannesburg, South Africa."...
Global Information