Dawson's Field hijackings

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The Dawson's Field hijackings were a series of coordinated airplane hijackings in September 1970 by Palestinian militants that culminated in multiple airliners being blown up on a remote airstrip in Jordan, dramatically escalating the Palestinian militant campaign and contributing to the events of Black September.

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Label Occurrences
Dawson's Field hijackings canonical 2

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft hijacking ⓘ
aviation accident or incident ⓘ
hostage crisis ⓘ
terrorist incident ⓘ
aircraftHijacked BOAC Flight 775 ⓘ
El Al Flight 219 ⓘ
linked to: Swissair Flight 100

Pan Am Flight 93 ⓘ
Swissair Flight 100 ⓘ
TWA Flight 741 ⓘ
aircraftType Boeing 707 ⓘ
Boeing 747 ⓘ
Douglas DC-8 ⓘ
airline BOAC ⓘ
El Al ⓘ
Pan American World Airways ⓘ
Swissair ⓘ
Trans World Airlines ⓘ
conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict ⓘ
Jordanian Civil War ⓘ
country Jordan ⓘ
endTime 1970-09-12 ⓘ
followedBy Black September conflict ⓘ
hasCause Palestinian militant campaign ⓘ
historicalSignificance major escalation in international aircraft hijackings ⓘ
turning point in Jordan–PLO relations ⓘ
location Dawson's Field ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Zerqa, Jordan ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive international media attention ⓘ
motive prisoner exchange ⓘ
publicity for Palestinian cause ⓘ
notableFeature coordinated hijacking of multiple international flights ⓘ
detonation of empty aircraft in front of media ⓘ
numberOfAircraftHijacked 4 ⓘ
numberOfCasualties 0 passenger deaths at Dawson's Field explosions ⓘ
outcome destruction of three airliners at Dawson's Field ⓘ
escalation of tensions in Jordan ⓘ
release of some Palestinian prisoners ⓘ
participant Germany ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Jordanian Armed Forces ⓘ
Palestinian militants ⓘ
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
perpetrator Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ⓘ
pointInTime September 1970 ⓘ
significantEvent Black September in Jordan ⓘ
startTime 1970-09-06 ⓘ

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Leila Khaled → hasPartIn → Dawson's Field hijackings ⓘ