What is Middle East Airlines Flight 438?
{{Infobox aircraft occurrence |name = Middle East Airlines Flight 438 |occurrence_type = Bombing |image = MEA Boeing 720 Marmet-2.jpg |image_size = 250 |alt = |caption = A Boeing 720-023B of MEA, sister-ship to the accident aircraft |date = 1 January 1976 |type = Terrorist bombing |site = 37 km (23 mi) NW of Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia |coordinates = <!--These 17 entries for single-aircraft occurrence:------> |aircraft_type = [[Boeing 720|Boeing 720-023B]] |aircraft_name = |operator = [[Middle East Airlines]] |tail_number = OD-AFT |origin = [[Beirut International Airport]] |stopover = |stopover0 = |stopover1 = |stopover2 = |stopover3 = |last_stopover = |destination = [[Abu Dhabi International Airport]] |passengers = 66 |crew = 15 |injuries = 0 |fatalities = 81 |survivors = 0 }} {{Coord|28|38|0|N|45|47|0|E|display=title}}'''[[Middle East Airlines]] Flight 438,''' a [[Boeing 720]]B, callsign '''CEDAR JET 438''', was flying from [[Beirut]] to [[Abu Dhabi]] on 1 January 1976, when a bomb exploded in the forward cargo compartment. The aircraft broke up at an altitude of {{convert|11300|m|ft}} and crashed 37&nbsp;km (23&nbsp;mi) northwest of [[Al Qaysumah]], [[Saudi Arabia]]. 81 passengers and crew were killed. The bombers were never identified.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19760101-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 720-023B OD-AFT Al Qaysumah|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2017-03-31}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} * UK CAA Document CAA 429 World Airline Accident Summary (ICAO Summary 4/76) [[Category:Mass murder in Asia]] [[Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in the 1970s]] [[Category:20th century in Lebanon]] [[Category:20th century in Saudi Arabia]] [[Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Asia]]