ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327360
Date: | Sunday 16 September 1984 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing 737-270 |
Owner/operator: | Iraqi Airways |
Registration: | YI-AGI |
MSN: | 20893/371 |
Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 110 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Baghdad-Saddam International Airport (SDA) -
Iraq
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Larnaca Airport (LCA/LCLK) |
Destination airport: | Baghdad-Saddam International Airport (SDA/ORBS) |
Narrative:Three Iranian men, attempting to hijack the aircraft, were shot and killed by Iraqi security agents positioned aboard the aircraft. The attempted hijacking began when one of the hijackers carrying a bottle, wrapped in paper, opened the cockpit door and shouted that he was hijacking the aircraft. At this time the security agents shot and killed him and his two accomplices.
Sources:
De Telegraaf 17-9-1984
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNKGZGGi8qU Revision history:
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