Estado: | |
Fecha: | jueves 13 abril 1972 |
Tipo: | Boeing 737-214 |
Operador: | Frontier Airlines (FL) |
Registración: | N7380F |
Numéro de série: | 19681/68 |
Año de Construcción: | 1968-09-15 (3 years 7 months) |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 4 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 27 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 31 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Ninguno |
Ubicación: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX) ( Estados Unidos de América)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico Programado |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Albuquerque International Airport, NM (ABQ/KABQ), Estados Unidos de América |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Phoenix-Sky Harbor International Airport, AZ (PHX/KPHX), Estados Unidos de América |
Número de Vuelo: | FL91 |
Descripción:A Mexican national with a history of psychiatric problems hijacked Frontier Airlines Flight 91 to Los Angeles using an unloaded gun.
At LAX three Spanish-speaking newsmen were allowed on the plane. The hijacker gave a rambling speech in Spanish over radio and television. After that, he surrendered.
Fuentes:
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San Bernardino Sun, 14 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 Albuquerque International Airport, NM to Phoenix-Sky Harbor International Airport, AZ as the crow flies is 524 km (328 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.