Kish Air Flight 707
The Boeing 707 after the forced landing | |
| Hijacking | |
|---|---|
| Date | 19 September 1995 |
| Summary | Hijacking by a disgruntled flight attendant |
| Site | Ovda Airbase, Negev Desert, Israel |
| Aircraft | |
| EP-SHE, the aircraft involved in the hijacking, while still in service with Iran Air Force | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 707 |
| Operator | Kish Air |
| Registration | EP-SHE |
| Flight origin | Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran, Iran |
| Destination | Kish International Airport, Kish Island, Iran |
| Occupants | 174 |
| Passengers | 162 |
| Crew | 12 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 174 |
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.