Date:	Friday 29 August 1969
Time:
Type:	Boeing 707-331B
Owner/operator:	Trans World Airlines - TWA
Registration:	N776TW
MSN:	18408/326
Year of manufacture:	1962
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 127
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, repaired
Category:	UI
Location:	Damascus-Mezzeh Airport -   Syria
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO/LIRF)
Destination airport:	Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT)

Narrative:
TWA flight 840 was hijacked by two members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The plane diverted to Damascus. Upon landing at Damascus the crew and passengers evacuated through emergency chutes. One hijacker threw hand grenades and another explosive device into the cockpit, destroying the front of the plane. The airplane was rebuilt with a new nose.

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