Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 5 July 1986
Aircraft Type: Boeing 707-300
Owner/operator: Sudan Airways
Location: Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT) –
ÿ Sudan
Phase of Flight: En route
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: Boeing 707 aircraftBoeing 707 aircraft
Category: Unlawful Interference
A Boeing 707 aircraft from Sudan Airways was hijacked on a scheduled flight from Baghdad to Khartoum. A Sudanese passenger, upon receiving a note instructing him to blow up the aircraft, demanded the note’s contents be revealed to passengers. The pilot relayed the note, and the aircraft continued to Khartoum. No explosives were discovered during a subsequent search of the aircraft.A Boeing 707 aircraft from Sudan Airways was hijacked on a scheduled flight from Baghdad to Khartoum. A Sudanese passenger, upon receiving a note instructing him to blow up the aircraft, demanded the note’s contents be revealed to passengers. The pilot relayed the note, and the aircraft continued to Khartoum. No explosives were discovered during a subsequent search of the aircraft.
Description
Sudan Airways Flight 259, a Boeing 707, was on a scheduled flight from Baghdad, Iraq, to Khartoum, Sudan, with 124 passengers and an unknown number of crewmembers when a male Sudanese passenger passed a note to a flight attendant that said he would blow up the aircraft unless it was diverted to Israel. He also demanded that the contents of the note be made known to the other passengers. The pilot did relay the note to the passengers but continued on to Khartoum. The hijacker was arrested by the police and a subsequent search of the aircraft disclosed no explosives. There were no known injuries during the incident.
Primary Cause
Passenger-related hijacking with a deliberate act of terror.Passenger-related hijacking with a deliberate act of terror.Share on:
