ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328910
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Date: | Thursday 9 March 1978 |
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Type: | Boeing 737-281 |
Owner/operator: | China Airlines |
Registration: | B-1870 |
MSN: | 20226/168 |
Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Hong Kong -
Hong Kong
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Kaohsiung International Airport (KHH/RCKH) |
Destination airport: | Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH) |
Narrative:A crewmember armed with an ax and scissors was killed by a security guard when he commandeered the plane and demanded it be flown to mainland China. The pilot and co-pilot were injured in the incident. The aircraft landed in Hong Kong.
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16 February 1986 |
B-1870 |
China Airlines |
13 |
19 km N off Magong Airport (MZG) |
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CFIT |
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