Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 MAY 2000 |
| Type: | Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander |
| Operator: | MAF PNG - Missionary Aviation Fellowship |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Erave Airport (ERE) (Papua New Guinea) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Erave Airport (ERE), Papua New Guinea |
| Batri Airstrip, Papua New Guinea |
Passengers were robbed by three hijackers during a domestic flight to Batri. The hijackers forced the pilot to return to Erave, where they deplaned and escaped.
Events:
Sources:
» Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 2000 / FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
Photos
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 Erave Airport to Batri Airstrip as the crow flies is 11 km (7 miles).
Distance from Erave Airport to Batri Airstrip as the crow flies is 11 km (7 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.
