ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327363
| Date: | Sunday 9 September 1984 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Owner/operator: | Iran Air |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 123 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Basra International Airport (BSR) -
 Iraq
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bandar Abbas Airport (BND/OIKB) |
| Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII) |
An Iranian policeman and a family of four hijacked the aircraft to Iraq. The aircraft initially flew to Abu Dhabi but was refused permission to land. After refueling stops in Manama. Bahrain, and Cairo, Egypt, where 52 passengers escaped, the aircraft landed at an airfield near Basra in Iraq. The hijackers were armed with a grenade, pistol, and knife. The hijackers released the remaining crew and passengers for promised asylum.
Sources:
De Telegraaf 10-9-1984
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