Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 OCT 1988 |
| Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Operator: | Iran Air |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | London (United Kingdom) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Wien-Schwechat International Airport (VIE/LOWW), Austria |
| Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF), Germany | |
| Flightnumber: | 723 |
Two hijackers on a flight from Tehran to Frankfurt via Vienna forced a diversion to London. The hijacking was denied by UK and Iran Air who claimed it to be a "bad weather diversion to London" because of (unconfirmed!) bad weather at Frankfurt.
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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 Wien-Schwechat International Airport to Frankfurt International Airport as the crow flies is 618 km (386 miles).
Distance from Wien-Schwechat International Airport to Frankfurt International Airport as the crow flies is 618 km (386 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.
