Date: | Friday 26 January 1990 |
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Type: | Boeing 727 |
Owner/operator: | Iran Air |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Shiraz Airport (SYZ) -
Iran
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Shiraz Airport (SYZ/OISS) |
Destination airport: | Bandar Abbas Airport (BND/OIKB) |
Narrative:An attempt was made to hijack an Iran Air Boeing 727 on a domestic flight from Shiraz to Bandar Abbas. Four passengers, displaying pistols and hand grenades, demanded that the flight be diverted to either Iraq or Israel; however, Iranian security forces aboard the flight killed the hijackers. No other passengers were injured, and the aircraft returned to Shiraz.
Sources:
Criminal Acts against Civil Aviation: 1990 / FAA
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