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Sterling Airways Flight 296

1972 CE · United Arab Emirates, Asia · Disaster

Sterling Airways Flight 296
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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.

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