- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | December 25, 1986 |
Time: | 1230 |
Location: | Arar, Saudi Arabia |
Operator: | Iraqi Airways |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Baghdad - Amman |
AC Type: | Boeing B-737-270C |
Registration: | YI-AGJ |
cn / ln: | 21183 |
Aboard: | 106 (passengers:91 crew:15) |
Fatalities: | 63 (passengers:60 crew:3) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Hijacking. While on a flight from Baghdad to Amman, hijackers exploded a hand grenade in the passenger cabin. While making an emergency descent a second hand grenade exploded in the cockpit causing the plane to lose control crash, break in two and catch fire. |
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