ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330015
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Date: | Monday 17 December 1973 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing 737-130 |
Owner/operator: | Lufthansa |
Registration: | D-ABEY |
MSN: | 19794/127 |
Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 19 |
Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Kuwait International Airport (KWI) -
Kuwait
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO/LIRF) |
Destination airport: | München-Riem Airport (MUC/EDDM) |
Narrative:Five terrorist entered the Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO) terminal and fired their weapons. They took six hostages and threw incendiary grenades into a PanAm Boeing 707 N407PA, named "Clipper Celestial", that was boarding passengers for a flight to Beirut. The terrorists killed a guard and hijacked a Lufthansa Boeing 737. The hijackers ended up in Kuwait where they surrendered on December 18.
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