Hijacking
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 10 NOV 1961 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation |
| Fluggesellschaft: | TAP Air Portugal |
| Kennzeichen: | CS-TLF |
| Werknummer: | 4672 |
| Baujahr: | 1961 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 7 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 32 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 39 |
| Sachschaden: | nicht beschädigt |
| Unfallort: | Tangier Airport (TNG) (Marokko) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Passagierflug |
| Flug von: | Casablanca (unknown airport), Marokko |
| Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport (LIS/LPPT), Portugal |
Six passengers, opponents of Portuguese Premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, hijacked the TAP airliner and forced its crew to circle over Lisbon while they dropped pamphlets urging the nation to revolt. The hijackers then demande to be flown to Tangier, Morocco.
Informationsquelle:
» José Vilhena
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
