| Date: | Saturday 10 October 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Owner/operator: | Iran Air |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 52 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Baghdad International Airport (SDA) -
 Iraq
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII) |
| Abadan Airport (ABD/OIAA) |
Three hijackers demanded to be taken to Iraq where they threatened to blow up the plane unless Iran released 21 political prisoners. The hijackers eventually surrendered.
Sources:
Ludington Daily News - Oct 10, 1970
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