Gulf Air Flight 072 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Cairo International Airport, Egypt, to Bahrain International Airport, Bahrain, operated by Gulf Air. On 23 August 2000 at 19:30
A4O-EK, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 1999
Satellite view of Manama Airport in Muharraq. The Gulf Sea is in the north of the airport. Flight 072 was approaching from the west. At the time, the artificial lands located north of the airport had not existed yet.