Hijacking
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 05 OKT 1981 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | BAC One-Eleven |
| Fluggesellschaft: | USAir |
| Kennzeichen: | registration unknown |
| Werknummer: | |
| Baujahr: | |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 66 |
| Sachschaden: | Unbekannt |
| Unfallort: | Buffalo-Greater Buffalo International Airport, NY (BUF) (USA)
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| Flugphase: | Unbekannt (UNK) |
| Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
| Flug von: | Albany Airport, NY (ALB/KALB), USA |
| Buffalo-Greater Buffalo International Airport, NY (BUF/KBUF), USA | |
| Flugnummer: | 455 |
One hijacker demanded to be taken to Soviet Union. Hijacker surrendered. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Informationsquelle:
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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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 Albany Airport, NY to Buffalo-Greater Buffalo International Airport, NY as the crow flies is 400 km (250 miles).
Distance from Albany Airport, NY to Buffalo-Greater Buffalo International Airport, NY as the crow flies is 400 km (250 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.
