What the records say
- When
- 25 Dec 1986
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 30.98° N, 41.02° E
- Description
- aviation accident caused by hijacker's hand grenade
- Deaths
- 63
- Cause
- aircraft hijacking
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Iraqi Airways Flight 163
1986 aircraft hijacking and crash
Iraqi Airways Flight 163 was a Boeing 737-200, registered YI-AGJ, that was hijacked in 1986. On 25 December 1986, en route from Baghdad's Saddam International Airport to Amman, Jordan, Flight 163 was hijacked by four men. Iraqi Airways security personnel tried to stop the hijackers, but a hand grenade was detonated in the passenger cabin, forcing the crew to initiate an emergency descent.
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