Guerrilla Hijackings: Deadline At Dawson’s Field

(23 Sep 1970) RR7038 - Guerrilla Hijackings: Deadline at Dawson’s Field w009498 WTN Jordan, London, UK and Beirut, Lebanon - 23 September 1970 and File At p.m. on Sunday 6th September 1970, a Boeing 707 of Trans World Airways, flying from Frankfurt to New York, was hijacked over Belgium and forced to fly to Jordan. Within the next four hours, three more attempts followed - two of them successful. Responsibility for them was claimed by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine which eventually assembled three airliners - together with passengers and crew - at a “Revolution Airstrip“ in the desert north-east of Amman. A threat was issued that both planes and passengers would be blown up if the guerrillas’ demands, which included the freeing of Palestinian prisoners, were not met. This report tells the story of the dramatic week which followed, culminating in the destruction of the three planes. Planes blown up on Zarka airstrip. El-Al Boeing arriving London Airport after hijack attempt foiled, File film interview with Leila Khaledher after her hijacking exploit last year. Hijacked Swissair DC-8 lands at night at Zarka strip, map showing strip (Dawson’s Field), DC-8 and 707 on strip, passengers out and driven off to Amman, GV plane at Dawson’s Field, Interiors (monochrome only) of DC-8, food distributed, etc. Jordanian troops on guard outside. GV three planes at Dawson’s Field, passengers out Three planes blown up. GV PFLP HQ in Beirut PFLP’s Ghasan Kanafani. Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: ​​ Instagram: You can license this story through AP Archive: