Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 29 September 1988
Aircraft Type: Boeing 737-317
Owner/operator: VASP – Via?o Area S?o Paulo
Registration Number: PP-SNT
Location: Goinia-Santa Genoveva Airport, GO (GYN) –
ÿ Brazil
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Unknown
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 98
Component Affected: Aircraft cockpit and flight control systems.Aircraft cockpit and flight control systems.
Category: Unlawful Interference
A Boeing 737-300 aircraft experienced a hijacking on a domestic passenger flight from Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro. A passenger hijacked the aircraft at 11:09, storming the cockpit at 11:12, and fatally shot the copilot. The aircraft then diverted to Goinia-Santa Genoveva Airport (GYN) and was successfully neutralized.A Boeing 737-300 aircraft experienced a hijacking on a domestic passenger flight from Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro. A passenger hijacked the aircraft at 11:09, storming the cockpit at 11:12, and fatally shot the copilot. The aircraft then diverted to Goinia-Santa Genoveva Airport (GYN) and was successfully neutralized.
Description
The VASP Boeing 737-300 operated on a domestic passenger flight from Porto Velho to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with en route stops at Cuiab , Bras¡lia, Goinia, and Belo Horizonte. The flight departed Belo Horizonte at 10:52. A male passenger stood up from his seat and hijacked the flight at 11:09. He stormed the cockpit at 11:12 and shot and killed the copilot when the latter attempted to stop the hijacker. The flight diverted to Goinia-Santa Genoveva Airport, GO (GYN) where it landed at 13:52. The hijacker was overpowered about 19:00.
Source of Information
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