Hijacking description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 17 MAY 1971 |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9 |
| Operator: | Scandinavian Airlines System - SAS |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Malmö (Sweden) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Malmö-Bulltofta Airport, Sweden |
| Stockholm (unknown airport), Sweden |
An American hijacked the DC-9 by holding a knife at the throat of his girl friend. He wanted to be flown to the United States to see his mother. He surrendered after 45 minutes.
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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.
