Mideast - Hijack Plane Takes Off For Tehran

(20 Sep 1995) T/I: 11:19:40

A hijacked Iranian airliner with 174 people aboard took off Wednesday (20/9) for Tehran after more than 30 hours in Israel, officials said. The aircraft was escorted by two Israeli F-16 jets from the Ovda Airforce Base in Israel's Negev desert. An Iranian steward who hijacked the Kish Air Boeing 707 with a pistol on Tuesday remained behind in Israel, where he has requested political asylum. Israel decided to release the plane despite pressure from the family of captured Israeli airman Ron Arad to use the plane as a bargaining chip. Arad's mother, Batya, flew to the airforce base appealing for information on her son's whereabouts from hijacked passengers.

SHOWS:

ISRAEL 20/9-FILE

OVDA air base 20/9
00.00 hostages emerge/plane departs

EILAT 20/9
00.30 exterior police station
00.37 hijacker escorted along balcony
00.33 ws police station

OVDA airbase 20/9
00.46 Batya Arad puts up "free ron arad" poster

FILE:
00.56 picture of ron arad
00.59 arad's daughter and wife Tami
01.02 cu arad's daughter

OVDA 20/9
01.07 arad's mother in airport
01.13 arad's mother speaks through bullhorn
01.16 she distributes stickers
01.24 she places sticker on boy's shirt

01.38 ends

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