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Fecha: | miércoles 23 agosto 1989 |
Tipo: | Airbus A300B4-203 |
Operador: | Air France |
Registración: | F-BVGO |
Numéro de série: | 129 |
Año de Construcción: | 1980-12-05 (8 years 9 months) |
Motores: | 2 General Electric CF6-50C2 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: |
Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 115 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Ninguno |
Ubicación: | Algiers-Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG) ( Argelia)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Vuelo Internacional Programado |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO), Francia |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Algiers-Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG/DAAG), Argelia |
Descripción:An Algerian man, being deported from France, attempted to hijack an Air France Airbus A300 while en route from Paris-Orly Airport to Algiers, Algeria. The hijacker threatened to explode a bomb if the plane carrying 115 passengers and crew, was not flown to Tunis, Tunisia. The flight was denied permission to land in Tunis and landed safely in Algiers. The hijacker surrendered peacefully to authorities in Algiers. No weapon or explosive device was found.
Fuentes:
» 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 Paris-Orly Airport to Algiers-Houari Boumediene Airport as the crow flies is 1330 km (831 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.