Hijacking description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 JAN 2007 |
| Type: | ATR-42-500 ? |
| Operator: | Air Botswana |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 23 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 27 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Johannesburg-O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) (South Africa) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Gaborone-Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (GBE/FBSK), Botswana |
| Johannesburg-O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB/FAJS), South Africa | |
| Flightnumber: | 201 |
Shortly after take-off a 26-year-old man jumped up. He carried a bottle of liquid and said if the water touched the lid, it would explode. He also claimed to be a member of al-Qaeda. The flight continued to Johannesburg. When the plane stopped in a secure area far from the terminal, the man insisted on speaking to a police officer. When police boarded the plane, the man was tackled and arrested.
Events:
Sources:
» No Al Qaeda links in attempted skyjacking (SABC, 23-1-2007)
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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 Gaborone-Sir Seretse Khama International Airport to Johannesburg-O.R. Tambo International Airport as the crow flies is 292 km (182 miles).
Distance from Gaborone-Sir Seretse Khama International Airport to Johannesburg-O.R. Tambo International Airport as the crow flies is 292 km (182 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.
