Unfallbericht:
An Air Algerie domestic flight with 130 people aboard was hijacked to the southern Spanish port of Alicante. Flight 6165 was en route from Oran, in western Algeria, to Annaba, near the Tunisian border when it was hijacked by three Algerian policemen. The plane landed at Alicante Airport, reportedly without the pilot requesting prior clearance. The hijackers, after a period of negotiations with Spanish authorities, released 12 hostages unharmed. The hijackers demanded political asylum and carried handguns throughout the five-hour ordeal. They surrendered to authorities after the aircraft was surrounded by Spanish police.
| Status: | |
| Datum: | Montag 28 Februar 1994 |
| Flugzeugtyp: |  Boeing 727-2D6 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Air Algérie |
| Kennzeichen: | registration unknown |
| Werknummer: | |
| Baujahr: | |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 130 |
| Sachschaden: | nicht beschädigt |
| Unfallort: | Alicante Airport (ALC) ( Spanien)
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| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
| Flug von: | Oran-es Senia Airport (ORN/DAOO), Algerien |
| Annaba-Les Salines Airport (AAE/DABB), Algerien | |
| Flugnummer: | AH6165 |
An Air Algerie domestic flight with 130 people aboard was hijacked to the southern Spanish port of Alicante. Flight 6165 was en route from Oran, in western Algeria, to Annaba, near the Tunisian border when it was hijacked by three Algerian policemen. The plane landed at Alicante Airport, reportedly without the pilot requesting prior clearance. The hijackers, after a period of negotiations with Spanish authorities, released 12 hostages unharmed. The hijackers demanded political asylum and carried handguns throughout the five-hour ordeal. They surrendered to authorities after the aircraft was surrounded by Spanish police.
Informationsquelle:
» El Pais, 1 March 1994Fotos
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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 Oran-es Senia Airport to Annaba-Les Salines Airport as the crow flies is 763 km (477 miles).
Distance from Oran-es Senia Airport to Annaba-Les Salines Airport as the crow flies is 763 km (477 miles).
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