PFLP carries out the Dawson's Field hijackings

On 6 September 1970 PFLP militants hijacked multiple Western airliners, forcing three to a desert airstrip ("Revolutionary Airport") near Zarqa, Jordan, holding hundreds of hostages before blowing up the empty planes; an attempt on an El Al flight was foiled and hijacker Leila Khaled captured. The spectacular operation pioneered modern aircraft hijacking as political theatre and helped trigger the "Black September" war between the PLO and Jordan.

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APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). PFLP carries out the Dawson's Field hijackings [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/fc112e84-f012-4d04-b9b8-e4bcae30bb4d

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Gara, Tarek. 2026. "PFLP carries out the Dawson's Field hijackings." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/fc112e84-f012-4d04-b9b8-e4bcae30bb4d.

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@misc{tayyar-event-fc112e84-f012-4d04-b9b8-e4bcae30bb4d,
  title     = {{PFLP carries out the Dawson's Field hijackings}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/fc112e84-f012-4d04-b9b8-e4bcae30bb4d},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 1970-09-06. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

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APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 1970-09-06. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.