Hijacking description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 31 JUL 2000 |
| Type: | Airbus |
| Operator: | Cathay Pacific Airways |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Hong Kong-Chek Lap Kok International Airport (HKG) (Hong Kong) |
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Hong Kong-Chek Lap Kok International Airport (HKG/VHHH), Hong Kong |
| Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG), France |
Cleaning woman taken hostage on the ground 1 hijacker demanded to be taken to Myanmar. Hijacker surrendered. 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 Hong Kong-Chek Lap Kok International Airport to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport as the crow flies is 9533 km (5958 miles).
Distance from Hong Kong-Chek Lap Kok International Airport to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport as the crow flies is 9533 km (5958 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.
