Hijacking description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 AUG 1978 |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Operator: | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
| Registration: | PH-DNS |
| C/n / msn: | 47168/423 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 63 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Barcelona (Spain) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM), Netherlands |
| Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD/LEMD), Spain |
One hijacker demanded to be taken to Algiers. Hijacker taken down. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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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 Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport to Madrid-Barajas Airport as the crow flies is 1448 km (905 miles).
Distance from Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport to Madrid-Barajas Airport as the crow flies is 1448 km (905 miles).
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.
