Hijacking description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 02 JAN 1969 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-6B |
| Operator: | Olympic Airways |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Cairo (Egypt) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Heraklion Airport (HER/LGIR), Greece |
| Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT), Greece |
One hijacker. 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 Heraklion Airport to Athens-Ellinikon International Airport as the crow flies is 311 km (194 miles).
Distance from Heraklion Airport to Athens-Ellinikon International Airport as the crow flies is 311 km (194 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.
