| Date: | Monday 28 January 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 720 |
| Owner/operator: | Middle East Airlines - MEA |
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| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Beirut International Airport (BEY) -
 Lebanon
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Baghdad-Saddam International Airport (SDA/ORBS) |
| Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA) |
Brandishing a knife the hijacker demanded to be allowed to hold a press conference after landing In Beirut. During about 2 hours of negotiations he allowed the women and children to deplane. Including his wife and 4 infants. He was allowed to read a speech to reporters calling attention to Musa al-Sadr, a Lebanese-Iranian philosopher and Shi'a religious leader, who disappeared while on a trip to Libya in August, 1978.
He then was taken Into custody by Lebanese authorities.
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