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| Date | September 19, 1995 |
| Type | Aircraft hijacking |
| Site | Ovda Airport, Israel |
| Passengers | 174 |
| Survivors | All |
| Aircraft type | Tupolev 154M |
| Operator | Kish Air |
| Flight origin | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport, Iran |
| Stopover | Ovda Airport, Israel |
| Destination | Kish Island Airport, Iran |
The Kish Air hijacking was the hijacking of an Iranian plane by a flight attendant Reza Jabari on September 19, 1995.[1]
Flying from Tehran to the Iranian resort Kish Island, Kish Air Flight 707 was hijacked by Reza Jabari, a flight attendant. The jet had 174 passengers on board. The hijacker tried to divert the aircraft to Europe, but there was not enough fuel. Instead, the plane landed in Israel after Jordan and Saudi Arabia refused its request to land. The plane was directed to the Ovda military air base near Eilat. The passengers were flown home 24 hours later. [2]
Jabari was arrested and sentenced to eight years in prison. He was released after serving four and a half years. Jabari, a Muslim, later converted to Judaism.[3]
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