Hijacking description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 07 DEC 1981 |
| Type: | Boeing 727-200 |
| Operator: | Libyan Arab Airlines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Beirut International Airport (BEY) (Lebanon) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH), Switzerland |
| Tripoli International Airport (TIP/HLLT), Libya |
Three hijackers demanded release of prisoners. Hijackers surrendered.
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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 Zürich-Kloten Airport to Tripoli International Airport as the crow flies is 1679 km (1049 miles).
Distance from Zürich-Kloten Airport to Tripoli International Airport as the crow flies is 1679 km (1049 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Networks opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
