Hijacking description
Last updated: 18 June 2018
| Status: | - (No safety board investigation) |
| Date: | Monday 22 January 2001 |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-2N8 |
| Operator: | Yemenia Airways |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 91 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 101 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Djibouti ( Djibouti)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | San'a International Airport (SAH/ODSN), Yemen |
| Taiz-Al Janad Airport (TAI/ODTZ), Yemen | |
| Flightnumber: | 448 |
An Iraqi man hijacked the flight some 15 minutes after takeoff. He was armed with a pen gun and claimed to have explosives in his briefcase. He demanded to be taken to Baghdad. The airplane diverted to Djibouti for refueling. There the flight crew overpowered the hijacker.
Classification:
HijackHijacker(s) overpowered by occupants
Sources:
» Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 2001 / DoT, TSAPhotos
Map
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 San'a International Airport to Taiz-Al Janad Airport as the crow flies is 198 km (124 miles).
Distance from San'a International Airport to Taiz-Al Janad Airport as the crow flies is 198 km (124 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.
