Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 04 MAR 1986 |
| Type: | Boeing 737-284 |
| Operator: | Olympic Airways |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Thira Airport (JTR) (Greece) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT), Greece |
| Thira Airport (JTR/LGSR), Greece |
One hijacker demanded to be taken to Libya. Plane stormed/hijacker arrested. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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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 Athens-Ellinikon International Airport to Thira Airport as the crow flies is 226 km (141 miles).
Distance from Athens-Ellinikon International Airport to Thira Airport as the crow flies is 226 km (141 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.
