Hijacking description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 10 FEB 1991 |
| Type: | Boeing 737 |
| Operator: | Southwest Airlines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | San Diego International Airport, CA (SAN) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Oakland International Airport, CA (OAK/KOAK), United States of America |
| San Diego International Airport, CA (SAN/KSAN), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 335 |
A man who was upset about being unable to smoke claimed in a note he was carrying explosives and demanded $13 million and a flight to Cuba. He later said he was joking and was apprehended at San Diego.
Events:
Sources:
» Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1991 / U.S. Department of Tranport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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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 Oakland International Airport, CA to San Diego International Airport, CA as the crow flies is 714 km (446 miles).
Distance from Oakland International Airport, CA to San Diego International Airport, CA as the crow flies is 714 km (446 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.
