UAE Aircraft Accident reports
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UAE Aircraft Accident reports
I have found a couple. The 747 in Sharjah and the Kish Air F-50. But they were on other websites. Is there an actual UAE website that has them?
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UAE Aircraft Accidents
I thought that Gulf Air prang in AUH was an A320? It went off the runway during the takeoff roll, I can't recall the reason given for this one but I think the aircraft was totally damaged and thankfully there was no loss of life.
One of the very first modern day accidents was a Caravelle in the mid 60's, inbound from Karachi to Dubai or Sharjah, that descended in IMC too soon and hit the Hajar mountains. It was the first recorded CFIT event in the UAE.
One of the very first modern day accidents was a Caravelle in the mid 60's, inbound from Karachi to Dubai or Sharjah, that descended in IMC too soon and hit the Hajar mountains. It was the first recorded CFIT event in the UAE.
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you are right C-N. They called off all lessons for a couple of weeks, then when they were restarted, they got all the students around and said " we had a little incident". When the students had shocked looks on their eyes for such an understatement they then said " oh, we lost a plane". No one said anything about the poor pilot that died, Gulf news showed a picture of the incident with his body outside the plane... very insensitive
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Then there was the airliner which was allegedly shot down. An interesting "inside story" on that one but the official finding was those pesky paki terrorists (or was it the indians??) planted a bomb on it.
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The accident referred to occured on Sep 23rd 1983. KHI to AUH.
B737-2P6 A40BK. Have a look at airdisaster.com Accident database Gulf Air
Sorry I've corrected the date to 1983
B737-2P6 A40BK. Have a look at airdisaster.com Accident database Gulf Air
Sorry I've corrected the date to 1983
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@iraqi - Thank you sooo much for the link! The image of that guy is very disturbing to say the least. I wonder what was the real cause of the accident as the article doesnt mention much about the case. I doubt we will ever see an investigation report on this one.
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2 cents BS
Iraqi & C_N
Get your facts right before you post your thoughtless comments.
C_N
He wasn't a solo pilot. He was a licensed PPL holder and no one knows when it's their time specially in the flying field.
Iraqi
I guess you were really paying attention in class then?
Being a close friend (of the pilot) & a student, the guys in the flying school didn't make that statement at all. They handled it professionally, considering all the hype going on around them & no thanks to the wonderful media coverage that comes along in a country filled with very opinionated journalists ( that never study their facts prior to publishing ). A classic example of their stupidity is publishing such a gory picture of this crash. That was insensitive!
Were you a dropout from their PPL course at the time?! Hence the animosity towards them.
It happened on the 29th of August 2006. Looking at the track record of the GCAA....doubt anyone is going to hear why it happened.
Get your facts right before you post your thoughtless comments.
C_N
He wasn't a solo pilot. He was a licensed PPL holder and no one knows when it's their time specially in the flying field.
Iraqi
I guess you were really paying attention in class then?
Being a close friend (of the pilot) & a student, the guys in the flying school didn't make that statement at all. They handled it professionally, considering all the hype going on around them & no thanks to the wonderful media coverage that comes along in a country filled with very opinionated journalists ( that never study their facts prior to publishing ). A classic example of their stupidity is publishing such a gory picture of this crash. That was insensitive!Were you a dropout from their PPL course at the time?! Hence the animosity towards them.
It happened on the 29th of August 2006. Looking at the track record of the GCAA....doubt anyone is going to hear why it happened.
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Better late than never
According with local aviation sources here in the UAE, GCAA will finally put in place a special inspection team to oversee foreign operators using the UAE airports as their base 
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Ideally, it should cover every single operator, but at least I hope this will be a first good step if they make good their words of intention.
.Ideally, it should cover every single operator, but at least I hope this will be a first good step if they make good their words of intention.
The odds of the UAE authorities producing thorough, accurate and objective accident reports are the same as the odds that a member of the Royal family would be found guilty or accountable for any mis-deed.
And yes, those two items are closely related.
From "Ozymandias", P.B. Shelley:
" . . .whose frown, and wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command . . ."
And yes, those two items are closely related.
From "Ozymandias", P.B. Shelley:
" . . .whose frown, and wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command . . ."
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The Sterling Caravelle SE210-10B3 crashed on March 14th, 1972, enroute from Colombo to Copenhagen with planned refuelling in DXB.
By request of UAE authorities, the accident investigation was handled by the Danish Accident Investigation Board.
By request of UAE authorities, the accident investigation was handled by the Danish Accident Investigation Board.