Hijacking
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 10 MAI 2002 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Boeing 737 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Xiamen Airlines |
| Kennzeichen: | registration unknown |
| Werknummer: | |
| Baujahr: | |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Sachschaden: | nicht beschädigt |
| Unfallort: | Xiamen Airport (XMN) (Volksrepublik China) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
| Flug von: | Shenzhen Airport (SZX/ZGSZ), Volksrepublik China |
| Xiamen Airport (XMN/ZSAM), Volksrepublik China | |
| Flugnummer: | 8336 |
A man managed to smuggle two knives with blades of 9.5 cm and 7 cm respectively on his right and left feet past airport security check and boarded the aircraft destined for Xiamen. During flight, the perpetrator held a flight attendant hostage and demanded to be flown to Taipei. At the guidance of the pilot-in-command, the crew members responsible for security on board subdued the perpetrator. During trial, he was found to be mentally retarded and was sentenced to 4 years in prison for crimes of air piracy.
Informationsquelle:
» Acts of Unlawful Interference - (1996-2004) / ICAO Aviation Security and Facilitation Branch (S&F)
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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 Shenzhen Airport to Xiamen Airport as the crow flies is 485 km (303 miles).
Distance from Shenzhen Airport to Xiamen Airport as the crow flies is 485 km (303 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.
