Date: | Tuesday 5 January 1988 |
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Type: | unknown |
Owner/operator: | Iran Air |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR) -
Iran
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Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII) |
Destination airport: | Mashhad Airport (MHD/OIMM) |
Narrative:Iranian dissidents, brandishing a hand grenade, attempted to hijack an Iran Air flight as the aircraft prepared to depart from Tehran.
An explosion occurred during the attempted hijacking and several people were injured.
Sources:
Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1988 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
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