Hijacking description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 20 JAN 1972 |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9 |
| Operator: | Hughes Airwest |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 73 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | at an unknown location () |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV (LAS/KLAS), United States of America |
| Reno/Tahoe International Airport, NV (RNO/KRNO), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 800 |
Hijacker parachuted in the vicinity of Denver and was captured. 1 hijacker demanded money. 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 Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV to Reno/Tahoe International Airport, NV as the crow flies is 552 km (345 miles).
Distance from Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV to Reno/Tahoe International Airport, NV as the crow flies is 552 km (345 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.
