Hijacking
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 15 OKT 1983 |
| Type: | Boeing 737 |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | People Express |
| Registratie: | registration unknown |
| Constructienummer: | |
| Bouwjaar: | |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 107 |
| Schade: | Geen |
| Plaats: | Atlantic City International Airport, NJ (ACY) (Verenigde Staten)
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| Fase: | Kruisvlucht (ENR) |
| Soort vlucht: | Binnenlandse lijnvlucht |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | Buffalo Airport, NY (BUF/KBUF), Verenigde Staten |
| Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR), Verenigde Staten | |
| Vluchtnummer: | 104 |
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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Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Buffalo Airport, NY en Newark International Airport, NJ bedraagt 450 km (281 miles).
De afstand tussen Buffalo Airport, NY en Newark International Airport, NJ bedraagt 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.
