Status: | |
Datum: | Samstag 15 Oktober 1983 |
Flugzeugtyp: | Boeing 737 |
Fluggesellschaft: | People Express |
Kennzeichen: | registration unknown |
Werknummer: | |
Baujahr: | |
Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 107 |
Sachschaden: | nicht beschädigt |
Unfallort: | Atlantic City International Airport, NJ (ACY) ( USA)
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Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
Flug von: | Buffalo Airport, NY (BUF/KBUF), USA |
Flug nach: | Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR), USA |
Flugnummer: | PE104 |
Unfallbericht:While enroute to Newark, NJ, a male passenger grabbed a flight attendant and advised her that he had a gun.
The hijacker demanded that the flight be diverted to Atlantic City, NJ. Upon landing in Atlantic City, the hijacker with a flight attendant as hostage left the aircraft
and entered the air terminal operations building where he released the flight attendant and demanded a taxi to Atlantic City proper.
FBI and local officials entered the building and arrested the hijacker. While searching the hijacker for the alleged weapon, over $600 in cash taken from a flight attendant was recovered. The man was committed to a mental institution.
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Map
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 Buffalo Airport, NY to Newark International Airport, NJ as the crow flies is 450 km (281 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.