Hijacking
Last updated: 25 May 2013
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| Date: | 15 NOV 1972 |
| Heure: | 13:40 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 |
| Compagnie: | Ansett Airlines of Australia |
| Immatriculation: | VH-FNI |
| Numéro de série: | 10181 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1961 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 4 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 1 / à bord: 28 |
| Total: | victimes: 1 / à bord: 32 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Inconnu |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Alice Springs Airport, NT (ASP) (Australie)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Adelaide Airport, SA (ADL/YPAD), Australie |
| Alice Springs Airport, NT (ASP/YBAS), Australie | |
| Numéro de vol: | 232 |
As flight 232 approached the Alice Springs Airport, a man emerged from the toilet carrying a firearm. After landing 22 passengers were released and the hijacker demanded a light aircraft to convey him into the desert. A Cessna six seater piloted by Aero Club manager and chief flying instructor Ossie Watts taxied out. He was a accompanied by a plain clothes constable posing as navigator. The Cessna was brought within 30 feet of the F-27. When trying to get to the Cessna, the constable tried to disarm him, but failed. He was shot several times by the hijacker. Then the police opened fire on the hijacker. He was later arrested but died in hospital.
Sources:
» Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Adelaide Airport, SA et Alice Springs Airport, NT est de 1313 km (821 miles).
La distance entre Adelaide Airport, SA et Alice Springs Airport, NT est de 1313 km (821 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
