26 Mar Boeing 747 – A mentally unstable hijacker demanded to be taken to Cyprus. The pilot returned to Jeddah where the hijacker was overpowered by securit... Continue reading
26 Mar Britten-Norman BN-2A-3 Islander – TC-KUN The Islander had departed Adana (ADA) for a photo mapping flight of a forested area near the border with Syria. Some 20 km from the Syr... Continue reading
26 Mar Fokker F-28 Fellowship – Two Burmese students hijacked a Fokker F-28. The hijackers threatened to blow up the aircraft if the Burmese government did not agree t... Continue reading
26 Mar ATR 42-300 – A Moroccan man hijacked a Royal Air Maroc ATR-42. The aircraft was carrying 8 passengers and crew. The hijacker was armed with a toy pi... Continue reading
26 Mar Airbus A300B4-203 – F-BVGO An Algerian man, being deported from France, attempted to hijack an Air France Airbus A300 while en route from Paris-Orly Airport to Al... Continue reading
26 Mar McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) – Four Haitian nationals attempted to hijack an ALM aircraft with 87 passengers and crew on a flight between Miami and Curaao. The hijac... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 727 – A Cuban immigrant, who came to the U.S. as part of the Mariel boatlift, hijacked an American Airlines Boeing 727 and demanded to be flo... Continue reading
26 Mar Yakovlev Yak-40 – A Czechoslovakian male armed with a fake grenade hijacked a Czechoslovak YAK-40 commuter flight with 27 passengers during a flight betw... Continue reading
26 Mar Ilyushin Il-62 – A South African armed with a grenade, hijacked an Aeroflot IL-62 airliner carrying members of the African National Congress after takeo... Continue reading