Hijacking description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 MAY 1972 |
| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Operator: | South African Airways - SAA |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 60 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Blantyre (Malawi) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Salisbury Airport (HRE/FVHA), Zimbabwe |
| Johannesburg International Airport (JNB/FAJS), South Africa |
Two hijackers. Plane stormed/hijackers arrested. Duration of the hijacking: 2 days.
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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 Salisbury Airport to Johannesburg International Airport as the crow flies is 955 km (597 miles).
Distance from Salisbury Airport to Johannesburg International Airport as the crow flies is 955 km (597 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.
