ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328383
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| Date: | Monday 10 March 1980 |
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| Type: | Boeing 707 |
| Owner/operator: | Middle East Airlines - MEA |
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| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Beirut International Airport (BEY) -
 Lebanon
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Amman-Marka International Airport (ADJ/OJAM) |
| Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA) |
Armed with what was later determined to be a toy pistol the hijacker commandeered the aircraft. Twenty minutes later the plane landed at Beirut. The hijacker was allowed to hold a press conference wherein he attempted to revive interest in the fate of
Musa al-Sadr, a Lebanese-Iranian philosopher and Shi'a religious leader, who disappeared while on a trip to Libya in August, 1978.
He was then taken into custody by Lebanese authorities.
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