Hijacking description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 02 FEB 2003 |
| Type: | Boeing 757-2Z0 |
| Operator: | Air China |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 148 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 160 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Fuzhou Airport (FOC) (China) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Beijing-Capital Airport (PEK/ZBAA), China |
| Fuzhou Airport (FOC/ZSFZ), China | |
| Flightnumber: | 1505 |
A male passenger attempted to seize an Air China aircraft shortly after landing. He displayed and sprinkled a can of gasoline and tried to light it but he was overpowered by crew members. None of the passengers was injured.
Events:
Sources:
» Acts of Unlawful Interference - (1996-2004) / ICAO Aviation Security and Facilitation Branch (S&F)
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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 Beijing-Capital Airport to Fuzhou Airport as the crow flies is 1588 km (992 miles).
Distance from Beijing-Capital Airport to Fuzhou Airport as the crow flies is 1588 km (992 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.
