Sterling Airways Flight 296

112Fatalities

0Survivors

112On board

Accident details

Date: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Location: Xxxxxxx
Country: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Operator: XX-XXXX
Aircraft: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxx
Registration: Xxxxxxxxx
From: 000
Stopover: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
To: Xxxxxxx
Passengers: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Crew: XX-XXXX
Summary: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxx

What happened

A Sud Caravelle flying from Colombo, Ceylon, to Copenhagen, Denmark, crashes near Kalba in the United Arab Emirates due to pilot error; all 112 on board die in the worst air disaster in the history of the UAE.

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