Word: kuwait
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...flight engineer said the hijackers, who are demanding the release of 17 pro-Iranian terrorists imprisoned in Kuwait, had started to hurt one of the passengers...
...statement yesterday, the hijackers threatened to kill their captives if their demands for refueling and the release of 17 terrorists from Kuwait were not met. One of the hijackers radioed that they plan to take the jet to Kuwait, according to airport officials...
...Kuwait refuses us, a crash landing will take place on the...prince's palace," one hijacker radioed the control tower, referring to the ruling emir of the oil-rich state...
...believed there are still 53 people aboard the Kuwait Airways Boeing 747, including three members of Kuwait's ruling Al-Sabah family and at least six hijackers...
Later, the hijackers offered to free 20 of the passengers in return for fuel, but that request was rejected at Kuwait's insistence...