ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328228
| Date: | Monday 13 October 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-2F2 |
| Owner/operator: | Türk Hava Yollari - THY |
| Registration: | TC-JBJ |
| MSN: | 20983/1088 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 156 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Diyarbakir Airport (DIY) -
 Turkey
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport (IST/LTBA) |
| Ankara-Esenboga Airport (ESB/LTAC) |
Four hijackers brandished pistols carried aboard in hollowed-out books and commandeered the aircraft shortly after leaving Istanbul. They demanded to be flown to Tehran, Iran but were told this was not possible. They then demanded to be flown to Jeddah, Saudia Arabia. The aircraft landed at Diyarbakir, Turkey to refuel. During negotiations 55 passengers were released. After several hours Turkish soldiers broke through the rear door boarded and assaulted up the aisle firing rifles and pistols.
The hijackers were overpowered. Reportedly one passenger was killed and ten others were wounded including one hijacker, two crew members and seven other passengers.
Sources:
The Nashua Telegraph - Oct 14, 1980
Abdullah Nergiz (E-mail, 30-6-2010)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 March 1977 | TC-JBJ | Türk Hava Yollari - THY | 0 | Beirut International Airport (BEY) |  |
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