Unfallbericht:
One hijacker demanded to be taken to North Vietnam. The hijacker was overpowered by the captain and a security guard. The guard shot and killed the hijacker while wrestling him down to the ground.
| Status: | |
| Datum: | Sonntag 2 Juli 1972 |
| Flugzeugtyp: |  Boeing 747-100 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) |
| Kennzeichen: | registration unknown |
| Werknummer: | |
| Baujahr: | |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 1 / Insassen: |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 1 / Insassen: 152 |
| Sachschaden: | Unbekannt |
| Unfallort: | Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN) ( Vietnam)
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| Flugphase: | Unbekannt (UNK) |
| Betriebsart: | Internationaler Linienflug |
| Flug von: | Manila International Airport (MNL/RPLL), Philippinen |
| Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS), Vietnam | |
| Flugnummer: | PA841 |
One hijacker demanded to be taken to North Vietnam. The hijacker was overpowered by the captain and a security guard. The guard shot and killed the hijacker while wrestling him down to the ground.
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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 Manila International Airport to Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport as the crow flies is 1602 km (1002 miles).
Distance from Manila International Airport to Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport as the crow flies is 1602 km (1002 miles).
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