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Gulf Airplane Crashes in Sea Over Bahrain Flight
A Gulf Air Airbus A320 crashed into shallow Persian Gulf waters near Bahrain after circling for a landing. At least 137 killed, 6 missing from the 143 aboard. 36 were children. U S Navy units joined search as authorities confirmed no survivors yet. An American passenger was believed aboard per a boarding pass note.
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Manama
Bahrain
Gulf Air
Persian Gulf
Ibrahim Al-Hamer
Civil Aviation
Cairo
Al-Hamer
U.S. Navy
U.S. 5Th Fleet
Fleet
Cdr
Jeff Gradeck
Sobeih
Al-Fadha
State Department