Hijacking
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | 27 MAR 1993 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Airbus A320-231 |
| Compagnie: | Indian Airlines |
| Immatriculation: | registration unknown |
| Numéro de série: | |
| Année de Fabrication: | |
| Moteurs: | 2 IAE V2500-A1 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 11 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 192 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 203 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Aucun |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Amritsar-Raja Sansi Airport (ATQ) (Inde) |
| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP), Inde |
| Hyderabad Airport (HDD/OPKD), Pakistan | |
| Numéro de vol: | 439 |
Indian Airlines Flight 439, an Airbus A320 with 192 passengers and 11 crew, was hijacked during a domestic flight from Delhi (DEL) to Madras (MAA) via Hyderabad (HDD). A passenger, who claimed to have explosives strapped to his body, demanded to be flown to Lahore, Pakistan.
Because authorities in Lahore refused the aircraft permission to land, however, the pilot went to Raja Sansi Airport in Amritsar, India. There the hijacker made three demands : political asylum for himself in Pakistan, a press conference in Islamabad, and an investigation of the hijacking by Interpol rather than by Indian authorities. Although he set no deadlines, the hijacker referred to himself as a "human bomb " and threatened to blow up the plane.
The hijacker eventually surrendered and all passengers and crew members were released . A search of the aircraft located no explosives. The bomb that the man claimed to have strapped to his body was a hair dryer which he had hidden under his belt.
Sources:
» Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1993 / U.S. Department of Tranport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport et Hyderabad Airport est de 932 km (583 miles).
La distance entre Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport et Hyderabad Airport est de 932 km (583 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
