Hijacking
Last updated: 22 May 2013
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| Date: | 04 DEC 1984 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Airbus A300C4-620 |
| Compagnie: | Kuwait Airways |
| Immatriculation: | 9K-AHG |
| Numéro de série: | 332 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1984-04-26 (7 months) |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4H1 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 8 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 153 |
| Total: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 161 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Aucun |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR) (Iran) |
| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Intern. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Dubai Airport (DXB/OMDB), Emirats Arabes Unis |
| Karachi International Airport (KHI/OPKC), Pakistan |
After a refueling stop in Dubai (DXB) while en-route to Karachi (KHI), the aircraft was hijacked to Tehran (THR) by four heavily armed Arabs. Over the next
six days the hijackers released 153 passengers and crew in several groups. The hijackers demanded the release of 17 prisoners, jailed in Kuwait for bomb attacks on U.S. and French installations. While the aircraft was in Tehran, the hijackers beat and tortured at least six passengers and killed two American passengers.
Kuwait authorities refused to release the militants from jail. The hijacking ended on December 9, 1984 when Iranian security forces boarded the aircraft and overpowered the hijackers. The hijackers were believed to have been linked to the Iraqi underground organization "Al Dawa".
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Dubai Airport et Karachi International Airport est de 1181 km (738 miles).
La distance entre Dubai Airport et Karachi International Airport est de 1181 km (738 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
