Estado: | |
Fecha: | domingo 6 septiembre 1970 |
Tipo: | Boeing 747-121 |
Operador: | Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) |
Registración: | N752PA |
Numéro de série: | 19656/34 |
Año de Construcción: | 1970-04-10 (5 months) |
Horas Totales de la Célula: | 1125 |
Motores: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7A |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | Cairo International Airport (CAI) ( Egipto)
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Fase: | En Espera (STD) |
Naturaleza: | Vuelo Internacional Programado |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM), Holanda |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), Estados Unidos de América |
Número de Vuelo: | PA93 |
Descripción:The aircraft, carrying 153 passengers and 17 crewmembers, was hijacked by two men just after leaving Amsterdam. The flight diverted to Beirut, where 7 others boarded the plane. The aircraft was then flown to Cairo. All occupants evacuated the aircraft immediately after landing. Only minutes later, the aircraft was blown up.
Fuentes:
» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
» Aviation Week & Space Technology 14.09.1970 (33, 35, 36)
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Map
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 New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY as the crow flies is 5805 km (3628 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.