Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 31 July 1984
Aircraft Type: Boeing 737-228
Owner/operator: Air France
Registration Number: F-GBYH
Location: Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR) –
ÿ Iran
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 64
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Unlawful Interference
A group of heavily armed men hijacked a commercial aircraft en route between Frankfurt and Paris, France, posing a significant threat to passengers and crew. They demanded the release of five French prisoners held in France as leverage, threatening violence if the French government did not comply. After a two-day ordeal involving stops in Geneva, Beirut, Larnaca, and Tehran, Iran, the hijackers surrendered to Iranian authorities.A group of heavily armed men hijacked a commercial aircraft en route between Frankfurt and Paris, France, posing a significant threat to passengers and crew. They demanded the release of five French prisoners held in France as leverage, threatening violence if the French government did not comply. After a two-day ordeal involving stops in Geneva, Beirut, Larnaca, and Tehran, Iran, the hijackers surrendered to Iranian authorities.
Description
Three heavily armed men with sub-machine guns, explosives, and .45 caliber handguns hijacked the aircraft with 58 passengers and six crewmembers while it was en route between Frankfurt, Germany and Paris, France. After stops in Geneva (GVA), Beirut (BEY), Larnaca (LCA), the aircraft stopped in Tehran (THR), Iran. The hijackers threatened to start killing hostages unless the French government released five prisoners jailed in France. The two day ordeal ended when the hijackers took the passengers 200 yards from the aircraft and destroyed the cockpit with explosives. The hijackers then surrendered to Iranian authorities.
Primary Cause
Demand for prisoner release as leverage to avoid violence.Demand for prisoner release as leverage to avoid violence.Share on:
