ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328113
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| Date: | Friday 10 April 1981 |
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| Type: | Airbus A300B |
| Owner/operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
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| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 148 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA) |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
While enroute the hijacker went to the rear of the aircraft and grabbed a flight attendant around the neck. In the other hand he held a small plastic bottle containing flammable liquid. The flight attendant broke away. The hijacker then lit the flammable liquid. A torch-like fire started. Flight attendants using CO2 fire extinguishers put out the fire and sprayed the hijacker. Two passengers then attacked the hijacker and were assisted by flight attendants. As a result of the spraying and the struggle the hijacker died of asphyxiation prior to the time the aircraft landed at Miami.
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