Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 AUG 1979 |
| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Operator: | United Air Lines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 120 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | San Francisco, Porland (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Portland International Airport, OR (PDX/KPDX), United States of America |
| Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 739 |
One hijacker. Hijacker surrendered. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Events:
Sources:
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Map
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 Portland International Airport, OR to Los Angeles International Airport, CA as the crow flies is 1334 km (833 miles).
Distance from Portland International Airport, OR to Los Angeles International Airport, CA as the crow flies is 1334 km (833 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.
