On September 22, 1981, Eastern Airlines Flight 935 departed Newark, New Jersey, and suffered an uncontained failure of its number two (tail) engine at 14500ft, while en route to San Juan, Puerto Rico [REF].
On April 5, 1984, a Saudia Lockheed L-1011 TriStar on final approach to Damascus from Jeddah was hijacked by a Syrian national.