ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327227
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Date: | Monday 1 April 1985 |
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Type: | Boeing 707-300 |
Owner/operator: | Middle East Airlines - MEA |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 76 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED) -
Saudi Arabia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA) |
Destination airport: | Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED/OEJN) |
Narrative:A Middle East Airlines Boeing 707 aircraft, while en route to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from Beirut, Lebanon with 66 passengers and 10 crew members aboard, was hijacked by a lone male. He claimed to have a gun and a bomb and demanded several million dollars for the anti-Israeli resistance movement in southern Lebanon.
The aircraft landed at Jeddah where the hijacker, a Lebanese, was persuaded to give himself up to local authorities. All on board were reported unharmed and the aircraft was permitted to make the return flight to Beirut.
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