Hijacking description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 13 SEP 1990 |
| Type: | Boeing 737 |
| Operator: | Indian Airlines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | at an unknown location () |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Coimbatore-Peelamedu Airport (CJB/VOCB), India |
| Madras Airport (MAA/VOMM), India |
Hijacker(s) demanded to be taken to Sri Lanka. 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 Coimbatore-Peelamedu Airport to Madras Airport as the crow flies is 403 km (252 miles).
Distance from Coimbatore-Peelamedu Airport to Madras Airport as the crow flies is 403 km (252 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.
