ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328683
| Date: | Tuesday 16 January 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 720 |
| Owner/operator: | Middle East Airlines - MEA |
| Registration: | |
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| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 82 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Beirut International Airport (BEY) -
 Lebanon
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA) |
| Amman-Marka International Airport (ADJ/OJAM) |
Six passengers hijacked a MEA flight from Beirut to Amman. They demanded the release Musa al-Sadr, a Lebanese-Iranian philosopher and Shi'a religious leader, who they assumed was captured in Libya.
After landing back at Beirut, they released the passengers. They subsequently surrendered after giving a press conference.
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