Hijacking description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 12 SEP 1979 |
| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Operator: | Lufthansa |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Köln/Bonn Airport (CGN) (Germany) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF), Germany |
| Köln/Bonn Airport (CGN/EDDK), Germany |
One hijacker . Hijacker surrendered. 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 Frankfurt International Airport to Köln/Bonn Airport as the crow flies is 135 km (84 miles).
Distance from Frankfurt International Airport to Köln/Bonn Airport as the crow flies is 135 km (84 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.
