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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Dawson's Field hijackings Part of Black September in Jordan and spillover of Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon Three airliners were destroyed by explosion at Dawson's Field on 12 September 1970. Location Dawson's Field, Zarqa, Jordan Coordinates 32°06′21″N 36°09′24″E / 32. ...
On 23 November 1985, a Boeing 737-266 [2] airliner, servicing the flight was hijacked by the Palestinian terrorist organization Abu Nidal. The subsequent raid on the aircraft by Egyptian troops killed 56 of the 86 passengers, 2 of the 3 hijackers and 2 of the 6 crew, making the hijacking of Flight 648 one of the deadliest such incidents in history.
Days before the attack, European and American authorities warned European airlines about bomb threats during the pre-Christmas holiday rush. [1]The incident came five months after a group of self-styled Palestinian Arab commandos hijacked El Al Flight 426 on July 23, shortly after it took-off from Rome for Tel Aviv and forced it to fly to Algiers.
Pages in category "Attacks on aircraft by Palestinian militant groups" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In December 1973, Fatah, a Palestinian military organization executed series of attacks originating at Rome-Fiumicino Airport in Italy which resulted in the deaths of 34 people. [1] The attacks began with an airport-terminal invasion and hostage-taking, followed by the firebombing of a Pan Am aircraft and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight.
The video is from a Dec. 12 plane crash. The Associated Press reported on the incident, saying the crash resulted in the death of one of the two people that was on board.
Airport Authority officials did not specify how the footage was obtained or distributed but the viral video aired by news outlets shows the moment an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S ...
Scholars of political science and terrorism studies have characterized the hijacking as a new era of terrorism as the first aviation attack motivated by political aims. [5] [6] According to David C. Rapoport, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the modern wave of left-wing terrorism began with the hijacking of the El Al Flight 426 in the ...