ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737 registration unknown
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Status:
Date:Saturday 12 June 1999
Type:Boeing 737
Operator:Xiamen Airlines
Registration: registration unknown
MSN:
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 68
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 75
Aircraft damage: None
Location:at an unknown location (   China)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Shanghai (unknown airport), China
Destination airport:Xiamen Airport (XMN/ZSAM), China
Flightnumber:MF8502
Narrative:
A passenger tried to hijack Xiamen Airlines flight 8502 using a knife. The hijacker, a hospital worker from Shanghai who had recently been laid off, wanted to be taken to Taiwan. In-flight security subdued the man.

Classification:
Hijack

Sources:
» Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1999 / FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security


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