ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327260
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| Date: | Thursday 7 February 1985 |
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| Type: |  Boeing 707-123B |
| Owner/operator: | Cyprus Airways |
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| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Beirut International Airport (BEY) -
 Lebanon
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA) |
| Larnaca Airport (LCA/LCLK) |
Four Shiite Muslims armed with automatic weapons stormed onto the apron at Beirut International Airport (BEY) in a car and commandeered a Cyprus Airways Boeing 707 aircraft. The aircraft was preparing for departure to Cyprus at the time of the seizure. The hijackers refused to allow passengers to board the aircraft but kept the nine member flight crew and three Lebanese employees of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, as hostages.
The hijackers demanded the release of two Lebanese men jailed in Cyprus for the hijacking of a Libyan chartered Romanian airliner to Cyprus on June 23, 1983. The five hour ordeal ended when Cypriot authorities agreed to consider their demand. The crew and its aircraft later returned to Cyprus unharmed.
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