Estado: | |
Fecha: | viernes 7 abril 1972 |
Tipo: | Boeing 727 |
Operador: | United Airlines |
Registración: | registration unknown |
Numéro de série: | |
Año de Construcción: | |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 6 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 85 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 91 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Ninguno |
Ubicación: | San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO) ( Estados Unidos de América)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico Programado |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Denver-Stapleton International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN), Estados Unidos de América |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX), Estados Unidos de América |
Número de Vuelo: | UA885 |
Descripción:United Airlines flight 885 was hijacked over Colorado, USA and forced to land at San Francisco, California. The hijacker carried two guns, a grenade and plastic explosives. He allowed the passengers to leave after the airline paid a ransom of $500,000.
The aircraft then took off again. While over Provo, Utah, the hijacker bailed out with a parachute.
Several days later the FBI recovered most of the ransom from the hijacker's house. The hijacker was captured and sentenced to 45 years in prison for air piracy. He escaped in October 1974, but was killed when resisting capture.
Fuentes:
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Desert Sun, 10 April 1972
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Map
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 Denver-Stapleton International Airport, CO to Los Angeles International Airport, CA as the crow flies is 1356 km (847 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.