So these are plane crashes from around the world, but it's only for the countries that had a true crime case, if you don't see a plane crash in here, check my True crime from around the world book.
Warning, this book contains plane crashes and video...
These two plane crashes takes us to the Middle Eastern country of Untied Arab Emirates (UAE), which is located next to the following countries: Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar.
WARNINGS OF PLANE CRASHES
Number one- The crash of Sterling Airways Flight 296
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On the 14th of March 1972, Sterling Airways Flight 296, registered as Oscar Yankee- Sierra Tango Lima (OY-STL), crashed into a mountain ridge on approach to Dubai near Kalba, United Arab Emirates, Flight 296 was an international charter flight from Colombo International Airport (IATA: CMB, ICAO: VCBI), Colombo, Sri Lanka, to Copenhagen Airport (IATA: CPH, ICAO: EKCH), Copenhagen, Denmark with stopovers at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (IATA: BOM, ICAO: VABB), Bombay, India, Dubai International Airport (IATA: DXB, ICAO: OMDB), Dubai, United Arab Emirates and at Ankara Esenboga Airport (IATA: ESB, ICAO: LTAC), Ankara, Turkey, all 112 people on board the plane died in the crash, to date it's the deadliest air disaster to involve a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10B3 aircraft and it's the deadliest in the history of the United Arab Emirates along with Gulf Air Flight 771.
Travelling at a speed of 95 knots (109 miles per hour; 176 kilometres per hour), at a heading of 285 degrees the aircraft descended at a vertical speed of about 800 feet (240 meters) per minute and had already descended to 1,400 feet (430 meters) when the crew saw the mountainous terrain right on their course, engine power was increased and the aircraft began to climb with a vertical speed of 600 feet (180 meters)- 700 feet (210 meters) per minute, at 22:04pm local time, the aircraft was at an altitude of 1,600 feet (490 meters), 50 miles (80 kilometres) from Dubai Airport and 10 miles (16 kilometres) north of the continuation of the longitudinal axis of Runway 30 at a speed of 190 knots (220 miles per hour; 350 kilometres per hour), the aircraft's left wing hit a mountain ridge, in the impact, the left wing broke off, the plane continued for another 869 feet (265 meters) before impacting below the top of the next ridge, the wreckage slid down the slope and ended up in five different valleys.
The summary of the crash was Controlled Flight into Terrain, pilot error.
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Gulf Air Flight 771, registered as Alpha 4 Oscar- Bravo Kilo (A4O-BK), was an international passenger flight from Jinnah International Airport (IATA: KHI, ICAO: OPKC), Karachi, Pakistan to Abu Dhabi International Airport (IATA: AUH, ICAO: OMAA), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on the 23rd of September 1983, while the Boeing 737-2P6 aircraft which was serving this route was on approach to Abu Dhabi International Airport, a bomb which was planted by Palestinian nationalist militant group, Abu Nida organisation, exploded in the baggage compartment of the plane, the plane crashed in the desert near Jebel Ali between Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the UAE, all five crew and 107 passengers (112 in total) were killed in the crash.
The bomb explosion led to a fire in the baggage compartment, despite this, the crew managed to send a short distress signal, the aircraft then crashed into the ground, which killed all 112 people on board the plane.
The summary of the crash was a Terrorist bombing inspired by Palestinian Nationalism.
