Jordan makes a deal with the PFLP for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings.

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…