Oh, there was also Gulf Air Flight 072 at Bahrain, I was the only Brit working that night, at the norther end of Muharraq. The Airbus A320 crashed 3 miles off the coast and the first I heard of it was about 30 minutes later when a colleague in a night club phoned to see what was happening. I went outside and the air was filled with blue lights of the police cars, red lights of the ambulances (sadly none needed) and US helicopters all over retrieving the bodies in to the temporary morgue set up right next door to me. In fact it was on 23 August 2000 - exactly 15 years ago today.
I had a friend up in Kuwait who was coming down for work/celebrate my birthday (25th) but there was a period of national mourning so very little alcohol could be consumed.