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Dawson's Field hijackings: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorists blow up three hijacked airliners in Zarqa, Jordan, continuing to hold the passengers hostage in various undisclosed locations in Amman.
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Dawson's Field hijackings
1970 Palestinian militant plane hijackings
In September 1970, members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) hijacked four airliners bound for New York City and one for London. Three aircraft were forced to land at Dawson's Field, a remote desert airstrip near Zarqa, Jordan, formerly Royal Air Force…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Palestinian Marxist–Leninist organization
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City in Zarqa Governorate, Jordan
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Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories to the west. The Jordan River,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Capital city of Jordan
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