Date: | Saturday 22 October 1988 |
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Type: | Boeing 747 |
Owner/operator: | Iran Air |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR) -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Wien-Schwechat International Airport (VIE/LOWW) |
Destination airport: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) |
Narrative:Iran Air flight IR723 from Tehran to Vienna, Austria and Frankfurt, Germany, was hijacked by two passengers, armed with a knife and hand gun.
The aircraft was hijacked about half an hour before it was due to land at Vienna at 07:10 UTC. The flight crew then reported to the Vienna ATC that they were diverting to London because of (unconfirmed) bad weather at Vienna and Frankfurt.
Meanwhile a security guards came down from the upper deck and overpowered the hijackers.
The flight continued to Frankfurt after 45 minutes on the ground at London-Heathrow.
Sources:
Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1988 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
The Observer 6-11-1988
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