Last updated: 20 January 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 19 July 1960 |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-188 Electra |
| Operator: | Trans Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 43 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Brisbane-Eagle Farm Airport, QLD (BNE) ( Australia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Sydney (unknown airport), NSW, Australia |
| Brisbane-Eagle Farm Airport, QLD, Australia |
A man pulled out a sawed off rifle and asked demanded to be flown to Singapore. The first officer armed himself with a fire hatchet, came back to the passenger cabin and smashed the hijacked across the wrist. The rifle discharged sending a bullet through the plane's ceiling. After the man had been overpowered two sticks of dynamite were found under his seat.
Classification:
HijackPhotos
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.
