Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 MAY 1980 |
| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Operator: | TAP Air Portugal |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Madrid, Lisbon (Portugal) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport (LIS/LPPT), Portugal |
| Faro Airport (FAO/LPFR), Portugal |
One hijacker demanded to be taken to Switzerland. 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 Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport to Faro Airport as the crow flies is 220 km (138 miles).
Distance from Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport to Faro Airport as the crow flies is 220 km (138 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.
