Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 02 JUL 1971 |
| Type: | Boeing 707 |
| Operator: | Braniff International Airways |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 110 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE) (Argentina) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Acapulco-Alvarez International Airport (ACA/MMAA), Mexico |
| New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 14 |
Two passengers hijacked Braniff flight 14, demanded money and to be taken to Algeria. The airplane landed at Monterrey were 100 passengers were released in exchange for USD 100,000
Sources:
» St. Petersburg Times - Jul 4, 1971
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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 Acapulco-Alvarez International Airport to New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY as the crow flies is 3622 km (2264 miles).
Distance from Acapulco-Alvarez International Airport to New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY as the crow flies is 3622 km (2264 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.
