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  Type Crash
  Site Al Qaysumah, Saudia Arabia
  Fatalities 81
  Injuries 0
  Aircraft Type Boeing 720
  Operator Middle East Airlines
  Tail Number OD-AFT
  Passengers 66
  Crew 15
  Survivors N/A


Middle East Airlines Flight 438 a Boeing 720 B, callsign '''CEDAR JET 438''', was en route from Beirut on January 1 , 1976 when a bomb exploded in the forward cargo compartment. The aircraft broke up at an altitude of 11,300m (37,000 ft) and crashed 20 nm northwest of Al Qaysumah , Saudia Arabia .

The bombers were never identified, though Lebanon was going through a Civil War at the time.


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