Date: | Monday 2 April 1990 |
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Type: | Airbus A300 |
Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Port-au-Prince Airport (PAP) -
Haiti
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Port-au-Prince Airport (PAP/MTPP) |
Destination airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) |
Narrative:A gunman armed with an Uzi seized American Airlines Flight 658 at Port-au-Prince International Airport in Haiti. At the time, the aircraft was being prepared for a flight to New York's JFK International Airport, and no passengers were aboard. The gunman, who was a member of the Haitian airport security contingent, demanded to be flown to the United States. The incident continued until 01:10 on April 5, when the hijacker, after indicating a desire to negotiate, left the aircraft and disappeared into the darkness.
Sources:
Criminal Acts against Civil Aviation: 1990 / FAA
The Terrorist List / E.F. Mickolus, S.L. Simmons
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