26 Mar Dornier 228-100 – D-IGVN The Dornier 228 named "Polar 3" was on a return flight (together with Do-228 "Polar 2") to Germany following a South Pole expedition. B... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 707-300 – An airport security guard hijacked a Middle East Airlines Boeing 707 aircraft at Beirut International Airport while the aircraft was bo... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 707-123B – Four Shiite Muslims armed with automatic weapons stormed onto the apron at Beirut International Airport (BEY) in a car and commandeered... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 727-2K3 – CP-1276 While descending through FL100 a passenger went into the forward lavatory carrying dynamite in a briefcase. The dynamite exploded, kill... Continue reading
26 Mar Airbus A300B4 – A lone male hijacked Eastern Airlines Flight 403 en route from Newark (EWR) to Miami (MIA) with 123 passengers and 9 crew members aboar... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 727-235 – N4746 A lone female attempted to hijack a Pan Am aircraft at Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, OH (CLE). The hijacker proceeded throug... Continue reading
26 Mar McDonnell Douglas DC-10 – A prisoner under escort of three Virgin Island Correction Bureau armed law enforcement officers hijacked the DC-10 to Cuba. The hijacki... Continue reading
26 Mar Airbus A300C4-620 – 9K-AHG After a refueling stop in Dubai (DXB) while en-route to Karachi (KHI), the aircraft was hijacked to Tehran (THR) by four heavily armed ... Continue reading
26 Mar British Aerospace 3101 Jetstream 31 – Approximately 20 minutes after takeoff, a man approached the cockpit and informed the crew that he had dynamite in his carryon bag whic... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 707-338C – Three Somali soldiers, armed with sub-machine guns and grenades, hijacked the aircraft and directed the flight to Addis Ababa (ADD), Et... Continue reading