ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327459
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| Date: | Thursday 22 March 1984 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Owner/operator: | British Airways |
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| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 355 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (TPE) -
 Taiwan
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH) |
| Beijing-Capital International Airport (PEK/ZBAA) |
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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