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2 unusual facts about Kuwait Airways Flight 422


Flight 422

Kuwait Airways Flight 422, a flight hijacked over the Gulf of Oman in 1988, leading to one of the longest skyjackings on record

Kuwait Airways Flight 422

A friend later told the press that Cox had been inspired by the hijacking and the Stephen King novel Rage.


TWA Flight 847

Hezbollah specialist Magnus Ranstorp of the University of St. Andrews, credits "leading Hezbollah members Hassan Izz-Al-Din (later involved in the Kuwait Airways Flight 422 hijacking in 1988) and Mohammed Ali Hammadi whose brother was one of the heads of the Hezbollah SSA (Special Security Apparatus). Iran assisting Hezbollah operatives in the "supervision and planning of the incident itself and as an active participant in the defusion and resolution.


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