Hijacking description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 JAN 1979 |
| Type: | Boeing 707 |
| Operator: | Middle East Airlines - MEA |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Beirut International Airport (BEY) (Lebanon) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA), Lebanon |
| Amman-Marka International Airport (ADJ/OJAM), Jordan |
6 hijackers demanded release of prisoners. 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 Amman-Marka International Airport as the crow flies is 209 km (131 miles).
Distance from Beirut International Airport to Amman-Marka International Airport as the crow flies is 209 km (131 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.
