Hijacking
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 15 SEP 1975 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Boeing 727 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Continental Air Lines |
| Kennzeichen: | registration unknown |
| Werknummer: | |
| Baujahr: | |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: / Insassen: |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: / Insassen: |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 1 / Insassen: 5 |
| Sachschaden: | nicht beschädigt |
| Unfallort: | San Jose Municipal Airport, CA (SJC) (USA) |
| Flugphase: | Stehendes (STD) |
| Betriebsart: | - |
| Flug von: | - |
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After raping a woman and attempting to rob a store, a 24-year old gunman took two people hostage, taking them to Reid-Hillview Airport. There he took a security guard hostage and headed towards San Jose Municipal Airport, CA (SJC). There he took two Continental Air Lines mechanics hostage and entered a Boeing 727 parked on the apron. Two hostages managed to escape and after some negotiations, the hijacked was shot and killed by a sharpshooter.
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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.
