In August 1969, leaders in the Palestinian left-wing organization PFLP learned that Yitzak Rabin, the Israeli Ambassador to the United States was scheduled to be aboard the flight. Two operatives, Leila Khaled and Salim Issawi hijacked the plane. The operation was successful, although Rabin was not aboard. The hijackers demanded that the pilot land in Damascus. The hostages were released and no one was injured, although the nose section of the plane, a Boeing 707, was blown up. Boeing shipped a new 707 nose section, and the aircraft later returned to service and flew for TWA for several years. The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ... In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition... The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) (Arabic Al-Jabhah al-Shabiyyah Li-Tahrir Filastin الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين) is a secular, Marxist-Leninist, nationalist Palestinian... Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin (יצחק רבין) (March 1, 1922–November 4, 1995) was an Israeli politician and military general. ... For other uses, see Ambassador (disambiguation). ... Leila Khaled in the 1970s Leila Khaled (Arabic: ‎ ; born April 9, 1944) is a former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), part of the secular, leftwing Palestinian rejectionist front. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Boeing 707 is a four engined commercial passenger jet aircraft developed by Boeing in the early 1950s. ...

See also

• List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners