26
Mar
Lockheed L-100-20 Hercules – D2-EAS
Shot down by a heat-seeking missile whilst approaching Menongue.
26
Mar
Boeing 737-248C – EI-ASD
While descending towards London-Heathrow, a former Trappist monk went into the toilet and doused himself in petrol. The 55-year-old Aus...
26
Mar
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 – PK-GNJ
The DC-9 was hijacked on an internal flight by five heavily armed hijackers. It flew to Bangkok with a stop at Penang (PEN). The hijack...
26
Mar
Boeing 737-2K6 – HR-SHA
SAHSA Flight 414 was en route to San Pedro Sula (SAP) and New Orleans (MSY) when it was hijacked by four members of the Cinchoneros Pop...
26
Mar
Airbus A300B –
While enroute the hijacker went to the rear of the aircraft and grabbed a flight attendant around the neck. In the other hand he held a...
26
Mar
Boeing 727 –
After the passengers boarded, the hijacker who did have a ticket boarded holding a pistol in one hand and a briefcase in the other. He ...
26
Mar
Boeing 720-030B – AP-AZP
Prior to reaching Peshawar, the hijackers reported to be armed with pistols and explosives required that the aircraft divert to Kabul. ...
26
Mar
Boeing 727 –
Armed with a sawed-off shotgun and a doll which they claimed contained explosives, the hijackers demanded to be flown out of the countr...
26
Mar
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar –
Flight EA929 had taken off from New York-JFK on a flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico when a 26-yea old male passenger told a flight attend...
26
Mar
Antonov An-24V – SP-LTB
In the early evening about 10 minutes before landing, four hijackers carrying sticks of dynamite demanded to be flown to a western coun...