To date, it is the deadliest air disaster in the history of the United Arab Emirates along with Sterling Airways Flight 296 which also killed 112 in 1972.

[4] Two of the crew were from the United Kingdom; one of them, Sally Anne Townsend, was a native of Peterborough, serving as chief purser on the flight.

[citation needed] There were 96 Pakistani nationals, many returning to jobs in Abu Dhabi and Bahrain after spending the Eid al Adha holiday with their families in Pakistan.

[5][6][7] On September 23, 1983, Gulf Air Flight 771 An Boeing 737-2P6 with registration number A40-BK, was scheduled to fly from Karachi, Pakistan to Manama, Bahrain via Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

[6] The investigation was carried out by the American National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and they released a 400-page report on their findings, which was not immediately published in the Persian Gulf region.