ASN Aircraft accident Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. HAL-748-224 Srs. 2 registration unknown Bangalore-Hindustan Airport (BLR)
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Date:Friday 10 August 1984
Type:Silhouette image of generic A748 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. HAL-748-224 Srs. 2
Operator:Indian Airlines
Registration: registration unknown
MSN:
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: None
Location:Bangalore-Hindustan Airport (BLR) (   India)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Mangalore-Bajpe Airport (IXE/VOML), India
Destination airport:Bangalore-Hindustan Airport (BLR/VOBG), India
Flightnumber:IC557
Narrative:
The hijacker, armed with a toy gun, rushed into the cockpit warning the crew he had a pistol and dynamite. After realizing the hijacker was unclear about his destination, the pilot talked the hijacker into giving up his plan. Upon landing in Bangalore, India, the hijacker was taken into custody where police found a toy
pistol and an outpatient card from a mental hospital.
The aircraft type was not reported. In August 1984, a HAL-748 was scheduled to fly the Mangalora-Bangalore route as flight IC-557.

Classification:
Hijack

Sources:
» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA


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Distance from Mangalore-Bajpe Airport to Bangalore-Hindustan Airport as the crow flies is 299 km (187 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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