Unlawful Interference Fokker F-27 Friendship 300 EP-IOT, Monday 29 November 1993

Date:	Monday 29 November 1993
Time:
Type:	Fokker F-27 Friendship 300
Owner/operator:	National Iranian Oil Company - NIOC
Registration:	EP-IOT
MSN:	10153
Year of manufacture:	1960
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 38
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	Unlawful Interference
Location:	Basra International Airport (BSR) - Iraq
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Gachsaran Airport (GCH/OIAH)
Destination airport:	Ahwaz Airport (AWZ/OIAW)

Narrative:
An Iranian Fokker F-27 aircraft with 38 passengers and crew was hijacked during a domestic flight from Gachsaran to Ahwaz. The plane was on a regular weekly flight transporting patients needing specialized or urgent medical care to the capital of Khuzenstan Province. National Iranian Oil Company employees were also on the flight. The aircraft initially headed for Kuwait but was refused permission to land. Only after a fuel emergency was declared was the plane allowed to land in Basra, Iraq. There are conflicting reports as to the identity of the hijacker.
One report identified him as an Iranian seeking political asylum for himself, his wife, and his five children.

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