final report: On 23 august 2000, Gulf Air Flight GF-072, an airbus A320-212, a Sultanate of Oman reg...

final report: On 23 august 2000, Gulf Air Flight GF-072, an airbus A320-212, a Sultanate of Oman registered aircraft A40-EK crashed at sea at about 3 miles north-east of Bahrain international airport. (use HTML link. )

General information
Local date	23/08/2000
Responsible entity	Bahrain CAA
State or area of occurrence	Bahrain
Location	Bahrain
Human consequences
Aircraft consequences
Occurrence class
File number	BEA a40-ek000823

Flight Information
Manufacturer / Model
Aircraft category	Fixed wing - Aeroplane
Operator
Aircraft Registration	A40-EK
State of registry	Bahrein
Last departure point
Planned destination
Flight phase
Serial number
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Public transport

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.