Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
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| Date: | 03 MAR 1974 |
| Type: | Vickers VC-10-1151 |
| Operator: | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
| Registration: | G-ASGO |
| C/n / msn: | 865 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls Royce 550 Conway |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS) (Netherlands)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA), Lebanon |
| London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL), United Kingdom |
VC-10 G-ASGO was on the last leg of a Mumbai (Bombay)-Bahrain-Beirut-London flight when it was hijacked over Rhodos by 2 men. The aircraft diverted to Amsterdam-Schiphol APT. All 10 crew and 100 passengers were released and the hijackers threw inflammable liquids around the cabin and set the plane on fire. Both men were captured running from the plane.
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» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
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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 Beirut International Airport to London-Heathrow Airport as the crow flies is 3459 km (2162 miles).
Distance from Beirut International Airport to London-Heathrow Airport as the crow flies is 3459 km (2162 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.
