August, 2000. A state of the art Airbus A320 carrying 143 passengers and crew powers towards the runway on its final approach ...

"I could not believe my eyes... I screamed, 'Oh my God, this thing is going down'." Sobeih, who witnessed Gulf Air Flight 072's rapid descent as it crashed near his home in Bahrain, killing all 143 ...

Just hours after Gulf Air resumed flights to Iraq, a provincial council in the country is said to have voted to ban flights by the Bahrain's carrier claiming solidarity with those facing "repression" ...

Gulf Air will resume its services to Iran and Iraq from 20 September 2012 following the Bahrain Government's approval. Flights to Baghdad, Erbil, Najaf and Basra in Iraq and Tehran, Mashhad, Shiraz ...

On Tuesday, an Airbus A320 crashed in southern France, with at least 150 people onboard. Here are other crashes and tragedies throughout history involving the Airbus A320 plane. Photos: Airbus A320 ...