Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 15 October 1983
Aircraft Type: Boeing 737
Owner/operator: People Express
Location: Atlantic City International Airport, NJ (ACY) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: En route
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 107
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Unlawful Interference
A male passenger on an enroute flight to Newark, NJ, hijacked an aircraft and demanded a diversion to Atlantic City, NJ. The hijacker subsequently fled the aircraft and entered a building, releasing a hostage and demanding a taxi to Atlantic City. FBI and local authorities apprehended the hijacker, recovering $600 in cash from the flight attendant. The man was committed to a mental institution.A male passenger on an enroute flight to Newark, NJ, hijacked an aircraft and demanded a diversion to Atlantic City, NJ. The hijacker subsequently fled the aircraft and entered a building, releasing a hostage and demanding a taxi to Atlantic City. FBI and local authorities apprehended the hijacker, recovering $600 in cash from the flight attendant. The man was committed to a mental institution.
Description
While enroute to Newark, NJ, a male passenger grabbed a flight attendant and advised her that he had a gun. The hijacker demanded that the flight be diverted to Atlantic City, NJ. Upon landing in Atlantic City, the hijacker with a flight attendant as hostage left the aircraft and entered the air terminal operations building where he released the flight attendant and demanded a taxi to Atlantic City proper. FBI and local officials entered the building and arrested the hijacker. While searching the hijacker for the alleged weapon, over $600 in cash taken from a flight attendant was recovered. The man was committed to a mental institution.
Primary Cause
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