Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 19 July 1960
Aircraft Type: Lockheed L-188A Electra
Owner/operator: Trans Australia Airlines – TAA
Registration Number: VH-TLB
Location: Brisbane-Eagle Farm Airport, QLD (BNE) –
ÿ Australia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Minor, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 49
Component Affected: Aircraft cabin and its structure.Aircraft cabin and its structure.
Category: Unlawful Interference
A man hijacked a commercial aircraft, demanding to be flown to Singapore. The first officer responded by disarming the hijacker with a fire hatchet, smashing the aircraft across the passenger cabin’s wrist. A rifle discharged, causing damage to the ceiling, and dynamite was discovered in the seat. The hijacking concluded with the aircraft being damaged.A man hijacked a commercial aircraft, demanding to be flown to Singapore. The first officer responded by disarming the hijacker with a fire hatchet, smashing the aircraft across the passenger cabin’s wrist. A rifle discharged, causing damage to the ceiling, and dynamite was discovered in the seat. The hijacking concluded with the aircraft being damaged.
Description
A man pulled out a sawed off rifle and asked demanded to be flown to Singapore. The first officer armed himself with a fire hatchet, came back to the passenger cabin and smashed the hijacked across the wrist. The rifle discharged sending a bullet through the plane’s ceiling. After the man had been overpowered two sticks of dynamite were found under his seat.
Source of Information
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_Australia_Airlines_Flight_408https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_Australia_Airlines_Flight_408Primary Cause
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