to land at Mariscal Lamar Airport; all 111 passengers and eight crew on board died. The cause of the crash was a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain) as a result of the pilot's inexperience with the aircraft. It remains the deadliest aviation accident in Ecuadorean history. after a radio station reported witnesses to a mid-air explosion. September 23, 1983 – Gulf Air Flight 771, a 737-200 (registration A40-BK) crashed after a bomb exploded in the baggage compartment causing it to stall and come down in the desert, near Mina Jebel Ali between Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. All 5 crew and 107 passengers died. November 8, 1983 – TAAG Angola Airlines Flight 462 stalled and crashed shortly after taking off from Lubango Mukanka Airport in Angola resulting in the deaths of all its 130 occupants (126 passengers and 4 crew) on board. Local guerilla force UNITA claimed it had brought the aircraft down with a Surface-to-air missile. February 9, 1984 – TAAG Angola Airlines 737-200 registration D2-TBV, that departed from Albano Machado Airport operating a scheduled passenger service, suffered hydraulic problems following an explosion in the rear of the aircraft and returned to the airport of departure for an emergency landing. The aircraft touched down fast and overran the runway. March 22, 1984 – Pacific Western Airlines Flight 501, a 737-200 regularly scheduled flight that caught fire in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Five people were seriously injured and 22 suffered minor injuries, but no-one died. August 30, 1984 – Cameroon Airlines Flight 786, a 737-200 (registration TJ-CBD) caught fire as the aircraft was taxiing out for takeoff at Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon. 107 of 109 passengers and two crew were reported to have survived. November 23, 1985 – Egyptair flight 648 737-200 was hijacked by 3 Palestinian men en route to Cairo international airport from Athens. The plane was ordered to land in Malta by the hijackers. Later, Egyptian commandos raided the aircraft. During the raid, 60 passengers died, including 3 hijackers, and 38 survived, including 1 hijacker. June 21, 1985 – Braathens SAFE Flight 139, a 737-200 that was hijacked at the Trondheim Airport in Værnes, Norway. The aircraft was stormed and the hijacker arrested. August 22, 1985 – British Airtours Flight 28M, a 737-200, aborted its takeoff at Manchester Airport, UK, after it caught fire due to a crack in one of the