Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 OCT 2002 |
| Type: |  Airbus A300B4-620 |
| Operator: | Saudi Arabian Airlines |
| Registration: | HZ-AJ. |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | 1984 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4H1 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 185 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 204 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Khartoum (Sudan) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT/HSSS), Sudan |
| Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED/OEJN), Saudi Arabia | |
| Flightnumber: | 450 |
A passenger on a flight from Khartoum, Sudan to Jeddah used an 8mm gun to try to take over the plane 22 minutes into the flight - but he was overpowered by security staff. The plane landed at Khartoum airport at 11:25, about one hour after the hijacking attempt.
Events:
Sources:
» Arab News
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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 Khartoum-Civil Airport to Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport as the crow flies is 965 km (603 miles).
Distance from Khartoum-Civil Airport to Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport as the crow flies is 965 km (603 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.
