ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329084
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| Date: | Friday 8 July 1977 |
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| Type: | Boeing 707 |
| Owner/operator: | Kuwait Airways |
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| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Damascus -
 Syria
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA) |
| Kuwait International Airport (KWI/OKBK) |
Six hijackers demanded to fly to South Yemen but changed minds and diverted the aircraft to Damascus, Syria.
They surrendered to Syrian authorities.
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