Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 31 May 1989
Aircraft Type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82)
Owner/operator: ALM – Antillean Airlines
Location: Curaao-Hato International Airport (CUR) –
ÿ Curaao
Phase of Flight: En route
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 87
Component Affected: Aircraft lavatoryAircraft lavatory
Category: Unlawful Interference
Four Haitian nationals attempted to hijack an ALM aircraft with 87 passengers and crew on a flight between Miami and Curaao. The hijackers boarded during a stopover in Port-au-Prince. Once the plane was in the air, the hijackers claimed in a written note that they had a bomb hidden in the lavatory and wanted to be flown to Israel. The pilot chose not to comply and continued to fly and land in Curaao.Four Haitian nationals attempted to hijack an ALM aircraft with 87 passengers and crew on a flight between Miami and Curaao. The hijackers boarded during a stopover in Port-au-Prince. Once the plane was in the air, the hijackers claimed in a written note that they had a bomb hidden in the lavatory and wanted to be flown to Israel. The pilot chose not to comply and continued to fly and land in Curaao.
Description
Four Haitian nationals attempted to hijack an ALM aircraft with 87 passengers and crew on a flight between Miami and Curaao. The hijackers boarded during a stopover in Port-au-Prince. Once the plane was in the air, the hijackers claimed in a written note that they had a bomb hidden in the lavatory and wanted to be flown to Israel. The pilot chose not to comply and continued to fly and land in Curaao. The hijackers surrendered to authorities in Curaao.
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