ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62CF HB-IDK Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA)
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Status:5
Date:Saturday 1 December 1973
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC86 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62CF
Operator:Swissair
Registration: HB-IDK
MSN: 46078/475
First flight: 1969
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 145
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 160
Aircraft damage: None
Location:Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA) (   Switzerland)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH), Switzerland
Destination airport:Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA/LSGG), Switzerland
Narrative:
Shortly before landing at Genève-Cointrin Airport, Switzerland, the aircraft was hijacked by an 18-year old male passenger.
He demanded to be flown to New York to address the United Nations about the famine in African Sahel countries as well as $50 million.
After releasing the passengers and most of the crew, police officers boarded the aircraft and arrested the hijacker.
The aircraft operated on a flight from Zürich to Monrovia via Genève and Abidjan.

Classification:
Hijack

Sources:
» La Liberté, 3 Dec. 1973


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Distance from Zürich-Kloten Airport to Genève-Cointrin Airport as the crow flies is 229 km (143 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.
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