26
Mar
Boeing 727-76 – AN-BSQ
Three flight crew members diverted the aircraft to Costa Rica and requested political asylum.
26
Mar
Boeing 727 –
A male passenger hijacked American Airlines flight 293. He claimed to have an explosive device and demanded to be taken to Ireland. The...
26
Mar
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar –
A hijacker went to the front of the aircraft, said he wanted to see the captain, that he wanted to be flown to Cuba, and that a bomb wo...
26
Mar
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 –
A passenger, armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, hijacked the flight and demanded the pilot to circle Brisbane. A landing was then made at B...
26
Mar
Boeing 737-2A8 – VT-ECR
On its way from Trivandrum to Madras, the aircraft was cleared to descent from FL270. Shortly afterwards an explosion took place in the...
26
Mar
Boeing 747SP-21 – N530PA
Pan Am flight PA816 was hijacked at Sydney-Kingsford Smith Airport, NSW (SYD), Australia. The hijacker took a female hostage at the sc...
26
Mar
Boeing 727 –
Shortly after leaving Phoenix, holding his hand in a pocket, a hijacker told a stewardness that he had a "cutter" and that he was takin...
26
Mar
Tupolev Tu-154 –
Aeroflot flight 212 was hijacked by four passengers shortly after takeoff from Oslo. They threatened to blow up the plane using glass b...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47B-35-DK (DC-3) – ET-AFW
Crashed after a bomb exploded in flight. Conflicting sources say the accident happened near Barentu or southwest of Asmara.
26
Mar
Vickers 748D Viscount – VP-YND
Shortly after departing Kariba, Air Rhodesia Viscount "Umniati" was hit in the jet pipe of the inner port engine by a 9K32 Strela-2 sho...