

Unfallbericht:
Shortly after the aircraft departed Hong Kong, the hijacker handed a note to a flight attendant and demanded to be flown to Taiwan.
He claimed to have explosives and threatened to blow up the plane. The plane landed safely at Chiang Kai-Shek Airport with 355 persons aboard. Upon landing. the hijacker was arrested. A search of the aircraft revealed no explosives or weapons.
The hijacker was sentenced to 1-1/2 years imprisonment with a 3 year suspension on charges of endangering aviation safety.
| Status: | |
| Datum: | Donnerstag 22 März 1984 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Boeing 747 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | British Airways |
| Kennzeichen: | registration unknown |
| Werknummer: | |
| Baujahr: | |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 355 |
| Sachschaden: | nicht beschädigt |
| Unfallort: | Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (TPE) ( Taiwan)
|
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Internationaler Linienflug |
| Flug von: | Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH), |
| Beijing-Capital International Airport (PEK/ZBAA), Volksrepublik China | |
| Flugnummer: | BA003 |
Shortly after the aircraft departed Hong Kong, the hijacker handed a note to a flight attendant and demanded to be flown to Taiwan.
He claimed to have explosives and threatened to blow up the plane. The plane landed safely at Chiang Kai-Shek Airport with 355 persons aboard. Upon landing. the hijacker was arrested. A search of the aircraft revealed no explosives or weapons.
The hijacker was sentenced to 1-1/2 years imprisonment with a 3 year suspension on charges of endangering aviation safety.
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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 Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport to Beijing-Capital International Airport as the crow flies is 1975 km (1234 miles).
Distance from Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport to Beijing-Capital International Airport as the crow flies is 1975 km (1234 miles).
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