Status: | |
Date: | Monday 24 April 1989 |
Type: | Xian Yunshuji Y-7 |
Operator: | China Eastern Airlines |
Registration: | registration unknown |
MSN: | |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
Location: | Fuzhou Yixu Airport (FOC) ( China)
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Phase: | Standing (STD) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Ningbo Airport (NGB/ZSNB), China |
Destination airport: | Xiamen Airport (XMN/ZSAM), China |
Narrative:A male passenger hijacked a Xian Y-7 aircraft, en route from Ningbo to Xiamen, China. The hijacker armed with a dagger and carrying dynamite in a pack on his back, stabbed a flight attendant.
The hijacker demanded to be flown to Taiwan, however, the plane was diverted to Fuzhou. The hijacker, realizing that he was in Fuzhou, detonated the dynamite pack, killing himself and injuring two passengers.
Classification:
Hijack
Sources:
» Criminal Acts against Civil Aviation: 1989 / FAA
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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 Ningbo Airport to Xiamen Airport as the crow flies is 669 km (418 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.