Narrative:
A passenger poured petrol from a Whiskey bottle into a restroom and then broke the filler needle off a butane refill cartridge causing fumes to spray. He repeated this procedure in another restroom and struck a match, causing a fire and explosion. The fire was extinguished by the crew.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 3 February 1975 |
| Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Operator: | Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| MSN: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 65 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 77 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | 100 km (62.5 mls) W of Rangoon ( Myanmar)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD), Thailand |
| Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP), India |
A passenger poured petrol from a Whiskey bottle into a restroom and then broke the filler needle off a butane refill cartridge causing fumes to spray. He repeated this procedure in another restroom and struck a match, causing a fire and explosion. The fire was extinguished by the crew.
Sources:
» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAAPhotos
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 Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport to Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport as the crow flies is 2905 km (1815 miles).
Distance from Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport to Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport as the crow flies is 2905 km (1815 miles).
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