Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 26 May 1994
Aircraft Type: unknown
Owner/operator: Garuda Indonesia Airways
Location: unknown airport –
ÿ Vietnam
Phase of Flight: En route
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: Aircraft CockpitAircraft Cockpit
Category: Unlawful Interference
A Vietnamese asylum seeker, one of 110 voluntary returnees aboard a Garuda charter flight from Indonesia to Australia, attempted to hijack the aircraft by taking out a shampoo bottle filled with gasoline and threatening to set himself on fire unless the flight was diverted to Australia. The pilot and mechanics successfully subdued the individual, and the flight continued uninterrupted.A Vietnamese asylum seeker, one of 110 voluntary returnees aboard a Garuda charter flight from Indonesia to Australia, attempted to hijack the aircraft by taking out a shampoo bottle filled with gasoline and threatening to set himself on fire unless the flight was diverted to Australia. The pilot and mechanics successfully subdued the individual, and the flight continued uninterrupted.
Description
A Vietnamese asylum seeker returning to Vietnam from a refugee camp in Indonesia attempted to hijack a Garuda charter flight from Indonesia to Australia. Shortly after takeoff from Batam Airport, the would-be hijacker, one of 110 voluntary returnees aboard the flight, took out a shampoo bottle which he had filled with gasoline. The man began splashing gasoline near the door of the cockpit and threatened to set himself on fire unless the flight was diverted to Australia. A Garuda mechanic and other Vietnamese asylum seekers were able to overpower the man, and the flight to Vietnam continued uninterrupted. The man was taken into custody upon arrival in Vietnam.
Primary Cause
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