Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 5 January 2011
Aircraft Type: Boeing 737-8F2 (WL)
Owner/operator: THY Turkish Airlines
Registration Number: TC-JGZ
Location: Istanbul Atatrk Airport (IST) –
ÿ Trkiye
Phase of Flight: En route
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 60
Component Affected: Aircraft cockpitAircraft cockpit
Category: Unlawful Interference
On July 15, 2009, a 40-year-old man hijacked Flight 1754 from Oslo to Istanbul’s Atatrk Airport. He demanded the plane return to Norway and threatened to blow up the aircraft if it didn’t. Passengers successfully overpowered him, and the aircraft landed at Istanbul’s Atatrk Airport.On July 15, 2009, a 40-year-old man hijacked Flight 1754 from Oslo to Istanbul’s Atatrk Airport. He demanded the plane return to Norway and threatened to blow up the aircraft if it didn’t. Passengers successfully overpowered him, and the aircraft landed at Istanbul’s Atatrk Airport.
Description
A 40 year old man attempted hijack Flight 1754 on a flight from Oslo (GEN) to Istanbul’s Atatrk Airport (IST). The hijacker tried to enter the cockpit and demanded that the plane return to Norway. The man claimed that he had a bomb and that he would blow up the aircraft if the aircraft was not going back to Norway. A number of passengers overpowered the man and the 737 landed at Istanbul’s Atatrk Airport were the hijacker was arrested. The hijacker had gone on a hunger strike for 43 days in the summer of 2009 in an attempt to get a Norwegian residence permit.
Source of Information
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7045B720110105, http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=man-attempts-to-hijack-thy-plane-in-istanbul-reports-say-2011-01-05http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7045B720110105, http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=man-attempts-to-hijack-thy-plane-in-istanbul-reports-say-2011-01-05Primary Cause
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