ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328964
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| Date: | Sunday 25 December 1977 |
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| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9 |
| Owner/operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
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| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 36 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Atlanta, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
| Indianapolis International Airport, IN (IND/KIND) |
A passenger on Eastern flight 668 used a fake bomb and toy pistol to hijack the plane, demanding to be taken to Miami and then to Cuba.
After landing in Atlanta, the hijacker was overpowered by FBI authorities and Atlanta police.
Sentenced to 25 years for air piracy.
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