Statuts: | |
Date: | lundi 31 juillet 2000 |
Type/Sous-type: | Airbus |
Compagnie: | Cathay Pacific Airways |
Immatriculation: | registration unknown |
Numéro de série: | |
Année de Fabrication: | |
Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: |
Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: |
Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 2 |
Dégats de l'appareil: | Aucun |
Lieu de l'accident: | Hong Kong-Chek Lap Kok International Airport (HKG) ( Hong-Kong)
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Phase de vol: | En attente (STD) |
Nature: | Transport de Passagers Intern. |
Aéroport de départ: | Hong Kong-Chek Lap Kok International Airport (HKG/VHHH), Hong-Kong |
Aéroport de destination: | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG), France |
Détails:Hong Kong police arrested a man who held a female hostage on board a Cathay Pacific Airways aircraft that was parked at the Hong Kong International Airport. The man, armed with a pistol, forced his way through a staff security checkpoint on the south side of the passenger terminal to the apron. The suspect then ran toward a parking stand and forced a cleaning woman to board the plane. The only other person then on board was an engineer who remained trapped in the cockpit until the incident was over. The gunman likely did not know that the engineer was aboard. No passengers were on the plane because the incident happened several hours before the flight was due to leave for Paris, France. During negotiations with authorities, the gunman threatened to kill his hostage (the cleaning woman) and demanded to be flown to Myanmar (Burma). After 2,5 hours, the hostage-taker surrendered to police and the cleaning woman was released unharmed.
Sources:
» Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 2000 / FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Hong Kong-Chek Lap Kok International Airport et Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport est de 9533 km (5958 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.