Incident Overview
Date: Friday 30 July 1982
Aircraft Type: Vickers 843 Viscount
Owner/operator: People’s Liberation Army – Air Force – PLAAF
Registration Number: 50258
Location: over Jiangsu Province –
ÿ China
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Minor, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants:
Component Affected: Vickers Viscount aircraftVickers Viscount aircraft
Onboard a Chinese Air Force Vickers Viscount, an individual hijacked the aircraft, demanding a diversion to Taiwan. They subsequently subdued the pilots, slayed the hijacker with an axe, and caused significant damage to the aircraft. The flight landed without further incident.Onboard a Chinese Air Force Vickers Viscount, an individual hijacked the aircraft, demanding a diversion to Taiwan. They subsequently subdued the pilots, slayed the hijacker with an axe, and caused significant damage to the aircraft. The flight landed without further incident.
Description
An onboard guard hijacked a Chinese Air Force Vickers Viscount that carried a Ugandan military mission visiting China. He broke into the cockpit, locked the door, splashed a bottle of gasoline and took out a gun and a lighter, demanding a diversion to Taiwan, which would not be permitted by Chinese authority. The pilots managed to trick the hijacker into believing that they were flying toward Taiwan, then the other crew members in the cabin stormed the cockpit and slayed the hijacker with an axe. In the struggle, the hijacker fired several bullets; as a result, the Viscount’s hull was pierced through and a pilot was wounded. The flight landed without further incident.
Source of Information
http://www.vickersviscount.net/Index/VickersViscount453History.aspx, https://web.archive.org/web/20050901081412/http://news.sohu.com/72/51/news209405172.shtml, https://web.archive.org/web/20190611012419/http://mil.sohu.com/20131206/n391362018.shtml, https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982%E5%B9%B4%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%AD%90%E7%88%B5%E5%8F%B7%E5%8A%AB%E6%9C%BA%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6http://www.vickersviscount.net/Index/VickersViscount453History.aspx, https://web.archive.org/web/20050901081412/http://news.sohu.com/72/51/news209405172.shtml, https://web.archive.org/web/20190611012419/http://mil.sohu.com/20131206/n391362018.shtml, https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982%E5%B9%B4%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%AD%90%E7%88%B5%E5%8F%B7%E5%8A%AB%E6%9C%BA%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6Primary Cause
Hijacking and subsequent violence by an individual on board a commercial aircraft.Hijacking and subsequent violence by an individual on board a commercial aircraft.Share on:
