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Date: | lundi 18 août 1980 |
Type/Sous-type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9 |
Compagnie: | Eastern Air Lines |
Immatriculation: | registration unknown |
Numéro de série: | |
Année de Fabrication: | |
Equipage: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: |
Passagers: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: |
Total: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: 59 |
Dégats de l'appareil: | Aucun |
Lieu de l'accident: | Atlanta Municipal Airport, GA (ATL) ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
Aéroport de départ: | Melbourne International Airport, FL (MLB/KMLB), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Aéroport de destination: | Atlanta Municipal Airport, GA (ATL/KATL), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Numéro de vol: | EA348 |
Détails:Just prior to landing at Atlanta a flight attendant received a two page note written by the hijacker. In the note he claimed to have a bomb in the baggage compartment and a remote control device to detonate it. He demanded $3.4 million, release of two prisoners and flight to Cuba. He held a taped up paper bag with small pull-type firecrackers and keys on the outside. He also claimed to have explosives attached to his leg. Since the aircraft was on final approach the pilot landed at Atlanta where the crew and other passengers deplaned. The local police boarded and took the hijacker into custody.
The paper bag contained only balloons. His checked baggage contained a handgun and bullets but no explosives. Air piracy charges dismissed due to mental incompetence.
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Melbourne International Airport, FL et Atlanta Municipal Airport, GA est de 709 km (443 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.