26
Mar
BAC One-Eleven –
Shortly before landing at Cebu, Philippines, a passenger brandished a hand grenade and hijacked the aircraft. After landing the women a...
26
Mar
Douglas DC-3C – HK-1503
While airborne a hijacker entered the cockpit and brandishing a knife demanded to be flown to Cuba. He claimed there were several bombs...
26
Mar
Curtiss C-46F Commando – YN-BRG
An Aeronica was approaching the airport of Corn Island, Nicaragua when five men armed with pistols and hand grenades went to the cockpi...
26
Mar
Gulfstream American G-1159 Gulfstream II – 7T-VHB
The Gulf was en route from Cyprus to Tehran at FL370 with the Algerian foreign minister on board when it was shot down by an Iraqi Air ...
26
Mar
IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 Islander – VP-FAY
Destroyed during the first in British Sea Harrier air raid on Port Stanley Airport (PSY).
26
Mar
Antonov An-24V – SP-LTG
While en route between Wroclaw and Warsaw, Poland, eight hijackers overpowered and disarmed the six security men aboard and required th...
26
Mar
de Havilland Canada DHC-7-102 – HR-AND
Displaying pistols and explosives four hijackers demanded the aircraft be diverted to Tegucigalpa, Honduras. After landing 13 women and...
26
Mar
Boeing 727 –
About 30 minutes prior to arrival at Miami, FL, a passenger told a flight attendant he wanted to go to Cuba, that his mother had died i...
26
Mar
Boeing 737-2R8C – 5H-ATC
The Air Tanzania flight bound for Dar es Salaam (DAR) was hijacked by five passengers. They forced it to land at Nairobi (NBO), Kenya. ...
26
Mar
Boeing 707-300 –
A Kuwait Airways Boeing 707 was parked at Beirut Airport, Lebanon when 12 hijackers rode up to the aircraft in an automobile. They were...