ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165625
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Date: | Thursday 4 October 2007 |
Time: | |
Type: | airplane |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Location: | Bosasso -
Somalia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Bosasso |
Destination airport: | Las Qorey |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The cargo plane was hijacked in a dispute over a cargo load of khat.
The attackers seized the plane, which had come from Ethiopia, in Puntland's port of Bosasso. They then flew 150 km (90 miles) west to another coastal town, Las Qorey.
There the crew of the plane was released.
Sources:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2007/10/04/uk-somalia-hijack-idUKL0469385520071004 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Apr-2014 17:37 |
gerard57 |
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