Hijacking | |
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Date | 19 September 1995 |
Summary | Hijacking by a disgruntled flight attendant |
Site | Ovda Airbase, Negev Desert, Israel |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 707 |
Operator | Kish Air |
Flight origin | Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran, Iran |
Destination | Kish International Airport, Kish Island, Iran |
Occupants | 174 |
Passengers | 162 |
Crew | 12 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries | 0 |
Survivors | 174 |
Kish Air Flight 707 was a scheduled passenger flight operated by Kish Air on a Boeing 707 aircraft. The flight was en route from Tehran to Kish Island in the Persian Gulf on September 19, 1995, when it was hijacked.[1] The incident occurred shortly after takeoff from Tehran, when a disgruntled flight attendant, Reza Jabbari, armed with a pistol, took control of the aircraft.[1]