Date:	Friday 25 December 1987
Time:
Type:	unknown
Owner/operator:	Iran Air
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	UI
Location:	Mashhad Airport (MHD) -   Iran
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII)
Destination airport:	Mashhad Airport (MHD/OIMM)

Narrative:
Members of an anti-Khomeini group known as the Mujahadeen-E-Khalq attempted to seize control of an Iranian airliner on a domestic flight between Tehran and Mashhad, according to an Iranian news service. The hijackers, armed with a hand grenade, were overpowered by Iranian Revolutionary Guards on the aircraft and the plane continued on to its destination.

Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1987 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security

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