ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328683
Date: | Tuesday 16 January 1979 |
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Type: | Boeing 720 |
Owner/operator: | Middle East Airlines - MEA |
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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) |
Destination airport: | Amman-Marka International Airport (ADJ/OJAM) |
Narrative: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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