Hijacking description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 08 MAR 1994 |
| Type: | Airbus A300 |
| Operator: | Saudi Arabian Airlines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
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| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Nairobi (Kenya) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Jeddah International Airport (JED/OEJN), Saudi Arabia |
| Addis Ababa-Bole Airport (ADD/HAAB), Ethiopia |
Three hijackers demanded to be taken to Kenya. Plane stormed/hijackers arrested. 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 Jeddah International Airport to Addis Ababa-Bole Airport as the crow flies is 1404 km (878 miles).
Distance from Jeddah International Airport to Addis Ababa-Bole Airport as the crow flies is 1404 km (878 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.
