Accidents and Incidents
- On 13 March 1979, an Alia Jordanian Boeing 727 crashed on landing at Doha airport in Qatar. Three crew members and 42 passengers were killed. The aircraft was written-off.
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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