Hijacking description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 MAR 1977 |
| Type: | Boeing 727-2F2 |
| Operator: | Türk Hava Yollari - THY |
| Registration: | TC-JBJ |
| C/n / msn: | 20983/1088 |
| First flight: | 1974-11-18 (2 years 4 months) |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 173 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 181 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Beirut International Airport (BEY) (Lebanon) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Diyarbakir Airport (DIY/LTCC), Turkey |
| Ankara (unknown airport), Turkey |
Two hijackers. Hijackers surrendered. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Events:
Sources:
» Firuz Altingöz (E-mail, 11-12-2009)
» Abdullah Nergiz (E-mail, 30-6-2010)
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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.
