ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329541
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Date: | Monday 15 September 1975 |
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Type: | Boeing 727 |
Owner/operator: | Continental Air Lines |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | San Jose Municipal Airport, CA (SJC) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:After raping a woman and attempting to rob a store, a 24-year old gunman took two people hostage, taking them to Reid-Hillview Airport. There he took a security guard hostage and headed towards San Jose Municipal Airport, CA (SJC). There he took two Continental Air Lines mechanics hostage and entered a Boeing 727 parked on the apron. Two hostages managed to escape and after some negotiations, the hijacked was shot and killed by a sharpshooter.
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