Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 APR 1962 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-7C |
| Operator: | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
| Registration: | PH-DSH |
| C/n / msn: | 45187/831 |
| First flight: | 1957 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 52 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS) (Netherlands) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM), Netherlands |
| Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport (LIS/LPPT), Portugal |
One hijacker demanded to be taken to East Berlin. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport to Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport as the crow flies is 1833 km (1145 miles).
Distance from Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport to Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport as the crow flies is 1833 km (1145 miles).
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.
