26
Mar
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter –
On the ground at Kopiago Airport (KPA) a DHC-6 Twin Otter was being prepared for departure. Five men armed with knives, small caliber h...
26
Mar
Boeing 737-8B6 – CN-RNJ
Royal Air Maroc flight 572 was hijacked by a Moroccan man, brandishing a (fake) gun. The plane diverted to Barcelona (BCN), Spain where...
26
Mar
Beechcraft 1900D – YV-466C
The Beech 1900D was on a flight from Caracas (CCS) to Guasdualito (GDO) via Barinas (BNS). About 15 minutes after departure from Barina...
26
Mar
Boeing 737 –
A passenger tried to hijack Xiamen Airlines flight 8502 using a knife. The hijacker, a hospital worker from Shanghai who had recently b...
26
Mar
Boeing 747-481D – JA8966
A male Japanese passenger produced an 8-inch knife, forced his way into the flight deck, and ordered out the First Officer. The hijacke...
26
Mar
Antonov An-12B – TN-AFR
The aircraft was claimed to be shot down by UNITA forces. One crewmember (of Russian nationality) was killed in the accident. Four othe...
26
Mar
Antonov An-26 – D2-FBN
An Antonov 26, owned by Volga Atlantic Airlines, was operating on a domestic flight on behalf of Avita Servicos Areos of Angola. The c...
26
Mar
Fokker 50 – PH-MXT
At least five armed members of the National Liberation Army (ELN) hijacked the Fokker 50 during a domestic flight in Colombia. One hija...
26
Mar
Airbus A320 –
An Italian male hijacker claimed to have an explosive device in his carry-on bag that he could detonate using a remote control. After t...
26
Mar
de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311Q Dash 8 – B-15237
Four Chinese nationals, who had earlier hijacked airplanes from mainland China to Taiwan and were being repatriated on a chartered DHC-...