Hijacking description
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| Status: | |
| Date: | 02 NOV 2009 |
| Type: | Antonov 24RV |
| Operator: | Daallo Airlines |
| Registration: | EY-47693 |
| C/n / msn: | 27307510 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 30 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Bossaso Airport (BSA) (Somalia) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bossaso Airport (BSA/HCMF), Somalia |
| Djibouti Airport (JIB/HDAM), Djibouti | |
| Flightnumber: | 774 |
A Daallo Airlines passenger plane was hijacked en route between Bossaso Airport (BSA) and Djibouti Airport (JIB). Two passengers wielded guns and demanded to be flown to Las Qorey. Passengers overpowered both hijackers. The flight returned to Bossaso were the hijackers were arrested.
Unconfirmed reports indicate that EY-47693 was the plane involved in the hijacking.
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Passengers foil gunmen attempt to hijack Somali plane (Garowe Online, 2-11-2009)
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.
