26 Mar Airbus A320-231 – 4R-ABA Tamil Tiger rebels launched a major pre-dawn suicide attack on Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport. The raid left at least 19 pe... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 727-90C – S9-BOG A Boeing 727 operating for the UN World Food Programme (WFP) was descending into Luena at FL150 when the no. 2 engine was struck by a m... Continue reading
26 Mar Tupolev Tu-154M – RA-85619 Three Chechen hijackers took control of the aircraft. The aircraft was flown to Medina, Saudi Arabia. The next day negotiators succeede... Continue reading
26 Mar Dornier 328-120 – FAC-1165 A man hijacked the flight while it was on the ground at San Vicente del Cagu n. The airplane departed at 16:50, flying to the military ... Continue reading
26 Mar Airbus A340-312 – An Iraqi male attempted to hijack the flight using a small knife. He attempted to enter the cockpit but was quickly overpowered by the ... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 727-2N8 – An Iraqi man hijacked the flight some 15 minutes after takeoff. He was armed with a pen gun and claimed to have explosives in his brief... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 747-436 – G-BNLM During the flight, a mentally unstable 27-year old Kenyan man stormed the cockpit of the aircraft and tried to seize the controls of th... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 747 – An Egyptian passenger tried to commandeer a London-bound Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight from Karachi during a stopover in... Continue reading
26 Mar Antonov An-24 – An aircraft, ferrying passengers and commercial goods from rebel-held Goma to Kindu, was hijacked shortly after takeoff. The plane had ... Continue reading
26 Mar Yakovlev Yak-40K – EP-EAM Armed men hijacked domestic Aria Air Tour flight 1492, a Yakovlev 40 aircraft, bound from Ahwaz to Bandar Abbas. The hijackers apparent... Continue reading