Hijacking description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 JUL 1980 |
| Type: | Boeing 737-269 |
| Operator: | Kuwait Airways |
| Registration: | 9K-ACV |
| C/n / msn: | 21206/448 |
| First flight: | 1976-03-05 (4 years 5 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Kuwait, Manama, Bahrain, Kuwait, Abadan, Kuwait (Kuwait) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA), Lebanon |
| Kuwait International Airport (KWI/OKBK), Kuwait |
Two hijackers demanded money. Hijackers surrendered.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Beirut International Airport to Kuwait International Airport as the crow flies is 1279 km (799 miles).
Distance from Beirut International Airport to Kuwait International Airport as the crow flies is 1279 km (799 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
