Ayub joined the Amal Movement in 1975 while studying , claiming that it was necessary to protect his family . In 1983 , he formally joined Hezbollah , and three years later was part of a hijacking plot that targeted Iraqi Airways Flight 163 in Romania , hoping to exchange the airline hostages for Lebanese prisoners held by Iraq . However , the man designated to hand over small firearms to Ayub 's group in the airport , named Sh ' alan , was arrested , and confessed to the plot - leading Romanian authorities to immediately arrest Ayub when he entered the building . However , a second wave team targeted the same flight the following day and successfully hijacked it , although it crashed in the Arabian desert , killing 62 people aboard
Iraqi Airways Flight 163
Iraqi Airways Flight 163
Fauzi Ayub