Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 NOV 1999 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-8-301 |
| Operator: | Zhejiang Airlines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Xiamen Airport (XMN) (China) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Yiwu Airport (YIW), China |
| Xiamen Airport (XMN/ZSAM), China |
A man claimed to have explosives in a bag and threatened to blow up the plane if the pilot refused to divert the flight to Taiwan. The pilot initially requested permission to land in Taiwan, but crew members overpowered the hijacker and found that his bag only contained sugar. The airplane turned away and landed in Xiamen (XMN).
Events:
Sources:
» Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1999 / FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
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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 Yiwu Airport to Xiamen Airport as the crow flies is 563 km (352 miles).
Distance from Yiwu Airport to Xiamen Airport as the crow flies is 563 km (352 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.
