GF 072
23 Aug 2000 · Human Error (Crew)GULF AIR FLIGHT 072
Airbus A320 · Gulf Air · Image: Wikimedia Commons
Why it happened
CFIT during a disoriented night circling approach
Spatial orientation
Go-around procedure
GPWS response
Aircraft
Airbus A320
Gulf Air
Route
Cairo (CAI), Egypt
→ Bahrain (BAH)
People
143 on board
143 fatalities
Date
23 Aug 2000
Flight crew
Captain: Ihsan Shakeeb
Category
Human Error (Crew)
When decisions in the cockpit seal the outcome.
THE STORY
The captain overshot the approach and circled low over dark water. Disoriented, he flew the Airbus into the sea a mile from the runway.