Middle East Airlines Flight 438

Occurrence summary
Date	1 January 1976
Type	Bombing
Site	Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia
Passengers	66
Crew	15
Injuries	0
Fatalities	81
Survivors	0
Aircraft type	Boeing 720
Operator	Middle East Airlines
Tail number	OD-AFT

Middle East Airlines Flight 438 a Boeing 720B, callsign CEDAR JET 438, was en route from Beirut on January 1, 1976 when a bomb exploded in the forward cargo compartment. The aircraft broke up at an altitude of 11,300m (37,000 ft) and crashed 20 nm northwest of Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia.

The bombers were never identified, though Lebanon was going through a civil war at the time.

[edit] References

• Criminal Occurrence description at the Aviation Safety Network
• UK CAA Document CAA 429 World Airline Accident Summary (ICAO Summary 4/76)

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