Hijacking description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 20 AUG 1977 |
| Type: | Boeing 707 |
| Operator: | Western Air Lines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 31 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Salt Lake City, UT (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | San Diego International Airport, CA (SAN/KSAN), United States of America |
| Denver (unknown airport), CO, United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 550 |
One hijacker demanded to be taken to Mexico. Hijacker surrendered. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Events:
Sources:
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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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.
