Hijacking description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 08 JUL 1977 |
| Type: | Boeing 707 |
| Operator: | Kuwait Airways |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Damascus (Syria) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA), Lebanon |
| Kuwait International Airport (KWI/OKBK), Kuwait |
6 hijackers demanded to be taken to Syria. Demands were accepted and hijackers surrendered. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Beirut International Airport to Kuwait International Airport as the crow flies is 1279 km (799 miles).
Distance from Beirut International Airport to Kuwait International Airport as the crow flies is 1279 km (799 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
