Incident Overview

Date: Friday 26 February 1982
Aircraft Type: Boeing 737-2R8C
Owner/operator: Air Tanzania
Registration Number: 5H-ATC
Location: Nairobi, Jeddah, Athens, London-Stansted – ÿ United Kingdom
Phase of Flight: En route
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 104
Component Affected: Boeing 737 aircraftBoeing 737 aircraft
Category: Unlawful Interference
A Boeing 737 flight from Tanzania bound for Dar es Salaam was hijacked by five passengers. After a prolonged grounding at Nairobi (NBO) and subsequent refueling in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Athens, Greece, the aircraft eventually departed for London-Stansted (STN). The hijackers demanded a meeting with exiled Tanzanian opposition politician Oscar Kambona, who subsequently surrendered. The aircraft was subsequently refueled and transported to Athens, Greece, where two passengers were released. The hijackers used two wooden imitation pistols, an imitation hand grenade, two candles wrapped as gelignite explosives, three knives, and a hand gun, a shot gun, and a rifle. The weapons were surrendered by passengers who had previously possessed them.A Boeing 737 flight from Tanzania bound for Dar es Salaam was hijacked by five passengers. After a prolonged grounding at Nairobi (NBO) and subsequent refueling in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Athens, Greece, the aircraft eventually departed for London-Stansted (STN). The hijackers demanded a meeting with exiled Tanzanian opposition politician Oscar Kambona, who subsequently surrendered. The aircraft was subsequently refueled and transported to Athens, Greece, where two passengers were released. The hijackers used two wooden imitation pistols, an imitation hand grenade, two candles wrapped as gelignite explosives, three knives, and a hand gun, a shot gun, and a rifle. The weapons were surrendered by passengers who had previously possessed them.

Description

The Air Tanzania flight bound for Dar es Salaam (DAR) was hijacked by five passengers. They forced it to land at Nairobi (NBO), Kenya. Five passengers were released and the Boeing 737 was refueled. After nearly six hours on the ground, the airplane took off at 12:15 am. The flight was refueled at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and continued to Athens, Greece. In Athens two passengers were released. The flight continued to London-Stansted (STN). The hijackers demanded to speak to exiled Tanzanian opposition politician Oscar Kambona. After he spoke to them as they demanded, the hijackers surrendered February 28. The weapons used by the hijackers to secure control of the aircraft included: two wooden imitation pistols, an imitation hand grenade, two candles wrapped up to appear like gelignite explosive sticks and three knives. But in the course of the flight possession was obtained of a hand gun (0.38 revolver), a shot gun and a rifle. These weapons belonged to passengers who had surrendered them to the captain of the plane in accordance with the regulations on the transportation of arms on aircraft.

Source of Information

http://www.tzaffairs.org/1982/07/hijacking-of-a-tanzanian-aircraft/http://www.tzaffairs.org/1982/07/hijacking-of-a-tanzanian-aircraft/

Primary Cause

Hijacking by passengers with political motivations.Hijacking by passengers with political motivations.

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