Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 APR 1972 |
| Type: | Vickers Viscount |
| Operator: | Merpati Nusantara Airlines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Yogyakarta (Indonesia) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Surabaya Airport (SUB/WARR), Indonesia |
| Jakarta (unknown airport), Indonesia |
One hijacker demanded money. Hijacker taken down. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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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.
