Hijacking description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 DEC 1987 |
| Type: | Boeing 737-306 |
| Operator: | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
| Registration: | PH-BDE |
| C/n / msn: | 23541/1309 |
| First flight: | 1986-11-10 (1 year 1 months) |
| Engines: | 2 CFMI CFM56-3B1 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 97 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Rome (Italy) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM), Netherlands |
| Roma (unknown airport), Italy | |
| Flightnumber: | 343 |
The flight was hijacked by a 15-year old boy who demanded money. He surrendered the same day.
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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.
