ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330999
Date: | Monday 14 September 1970 |
Time: | |
Type: | BAC One-Eleven 424EU |
Owner/operator: | Tarom |
Registration: | YR-BCB |
MSN: | 156 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 89 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | München-Riem Airport (MUC) -
Germany
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Bucharest (unknown airport) |
Destination airport: | Praha-Ruzyne International Airport (PRG/LKPR) |
Narrative:Three armed man, believed to be Hungarians, hijacked a BAC One-Eleven and forced the pilots to fly to at Munich, Germany.
The three men, who were armed with pistols and accompanied by a woman and two children, were disarmed and arrested by West German police. Passengers and crew were immediately evacuated from the aircraft after one of the hijackers claimed a bomb was planted on board. An imitation bomb was found in the aircraft's lavatory.
Sources:
West Germany: Rumanian Jet Hijacked To Munich 1970 (British Pathé) Revision history:
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