Originally Posted by
SpringHeeledJack
Thanks for the replies. Whilst that most probably is the aircraft I saw, I seem to recall someone telling me that Brittania had the mx contract with Kuwait Airlines and the fleet was being rotated through every few weeks for their C/D-checks. Is there any truth to that, or was someone spinning me a yarn back then ?
The Kuwait 737-200 fleet was only the 1 aircraft. It was involved in a hijack on 24/7/80 when it was forced to fly to Bahrain then Abadan, Iran and back to Kuwait. Hijackers then gave themselves up with no apparent violence or injuries. Kuwait Airways then sold the aircraft as VR-BOX in December that year.