Hijacking description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 30 APR 1976 |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 |
| Operator: | Türk Hava Yollari - THY |
| Registration: | TC-JAY |
| C/n / msn: | 46907/78 |
| First flight: | 1973 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 253 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 264 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) (France) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG), France |
| Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport (IST/LTBA), Turkey |
One hijacker demanded to be taken to Marseille or Lyon. Hijacker surrendered. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Events:
Sources:
» Abdullah Nergiz (E-mail, 30-6-2010)
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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 Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport to Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport as the crow flies is 2220 km (1388 miles).
Distance from Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport to Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport as the crow flies is 2220 km (1388 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Networks opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
