Narrative:
VC10 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 Airport. 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.
Destroyed on ground
Damaged on the ground
accident date: 03-03-1974
type: Vickers Super VC10-1151
registration: G-ASGO
accident date: 03-03-1974
type: Vickers Super VC10-1151
registration: G-ASGO
accident date: 03-03-1974
type: Vickers Super VC10-1151
registration: G-ASGO
accident date: 03-03-1974
type: Vickers Super VC10-1151
registration: G-ASGO
accident date: 03-03-1974
type: Vickers Super VC10-1151
registration: G-ASGO
accident date: 03-03-1974
type: Vickers Super VC10-1151
registration: G-ASGO
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 3 March 1974 |
| Type: |  Vickers Super VC10-1151 |
| Operator: | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
| Registration: | G-ASGO |
| MSN: | 865 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls-Royce Conway 550 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS) ( Netherlands)
|
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA), Lebanon |
| London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL), United Kingdom |
VC10 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 Airport. 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.
Classification:
Hijack Destroyed on ground
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAAPhotos
accident date: 03-03-1974
type: Vickers Super VC10-1151
registration: G-ASGO
accident date: 03-03-1974
type: Vickers Super VC10-1151
registration: G-ASGO
accident date: 03-03-1974
type: Vickers Super VC10-1151
registration: G-ASGO
accident date: 03-03-1974
type: Vickers Super VC10-1151
registration: G-ASGO
accident date: 03-03-1974
type: Vickers Super VC10-1151
registration: G-ASGO
accident date: 03-03-1974
type: Vickers Super VC10-1151
registration: G-ASGO
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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).
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