Hijackers refuel
NZPA-Reuter Teheran A Kuwait Airlines Boeing 737, hijacked by four Arabs, took off yesterday for an unknown destination after refuelling at Abadan, the main south-west Iranian oil refining centre, the State Radio reported. : The plane, believed to have j 41 people aboard, left after the breakdown of negotiations that would have allowed it to land at Beirut. The Lebanese authorities refused to permit it to land, said a presidential spokesman, Moussavi Gar Maraudi. The airliner was hijacked on Thursday on a flight from Beirut to Kuwait. Two Lebanese pasengers were released in Abadan after they [became unwell. i Teheran airport police [identified the hijackers as two Jordanians and two Kuwaitis. The Bahrain-based Gulf News Agency reported, they i had demanded one million; Kuwaiti dinars ($3.5 million)! for the release of the plane.'
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19800726.2.71.3
Bibliographic details
Press, 26 July 1980, Page 8
Word Count
134Hijackers refuel Press, 26 July 1980, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in