Hijacking description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 12 MAY 1988 |
| Type: | Boeing 737-247 |
| Operator: | Xiamen Airlines |
| Registration: | B-2510 |
| C/n / msn: | 23189/1072 |
| First flight: | 1984-12-07 (3 years 5 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 107 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 118 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Taichung -Ching Chuan Kang AB (RMQ/RCMQ) (Taiwan) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Xiamen Airport (XMN/ZSAM), China |
| Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport (CAN/ZGGG), China |
Two hijackers demanded to be taken to Taiwan. Demands were accepted and hijackers surrendered. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Events:
Sources:
» NZZ 12-5-1988, 13-5-1988
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Map
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 Xiamen Airport to Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport as the crow flies is 514 km (321 miles).
Distance from Xiamen Airport to Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport as the crow flies is 514 km (321 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.
