Tag: Pull Up Warning
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On This Day In 2000: Gulf Air Flight 072 Crashed Into The Sea After A Failed Landing – The Crew Heard “Pull Up” Warnings Moments Before Impact, 143 Perished
On 23 August 2000, Gulf Air Flight 072 approached Bahrain from Cairo. Within minutes, an unstable approach, poor cockpit coordination and spatial disorientation turned the landing into Bahrain’s deadliest aviation disaster. The Airbus A320-212, registered A4O-EK, carried 135 passengers and eight crew members, including 37 children and eight infants. The aircraft was airworthy and had…
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