Kish Air Flight 707
Boeing 707-3J9C · Hijacking by a disgruntled flight attendant
From Mehrabad International Airport (THR) to Kish International Airport (KIH)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Occurrence
- Event fatalities
- 0 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 174
- Survivors
- 174
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 0
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Boeing 707-3J9C
- Flight
- Y9707
- Aircraft type
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- EP-SHE
- Operator
- Kish Air
- Onboard fatalities
- 0
- Route
- From Mehrabad International Airport (THR)To Kish International Airport (KIH)
Approximate · Estimated position: Ovda Airport, the airport the Wikipedia article names as the site. Where on or near it is not known.
From the Wikipedia article
Kish Air Flight 707 was a scheduled passenger flight operated by Kish Air on a Boeing 707 aircraft. The flight was en route from Tehran to Kish Island in the Persian Gulf on September 19, 1995, when it was hijacked. The incident occurred shortly after takeoff from Tehran, when a disgruntled flight attendant, Reza Jabbari, armed with a pistol, took control of the aircraft.
Hijacking Details
The aircraft, originally destined for Kish Island, departed Tehran at approximately 9 a.m. About ninety minutes into the flight, the passengers were informed via loudspeaker that the flight had been hijacked. The destination of the aircraft was not immediately disclosed. The hijacker, Reza Jabbari, an Iranian man in his 30s, expressed dissatisfaction with life in Iran as his motive for the hijacking. Although he initially sought asylum in the United States, he later changed his request to remain in Israel.
As fuel levels began to dwindle, the pilot requested landing permissions from both Saudi Arabia and Jordan, but these requests were denied. Subsequently, the aircraft headed towards Israel. Jordan's King Hussein reportedly informed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of the aircraft's approach.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Kish Air Flight 707
- Article
- Kish Air Flight 707
- Revision
- 1359340723 · 2026-06-14 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q2903366
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "Kish Air Flight 707" (page 77620803, revision 1359340723)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- airport the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata code, OurAirports)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- airline flight number in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.