| Date: | Wednesday 24 January 2007 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-200 |
| Owner/operator: | Air West, Co |
| Registration: | ST-SDA ? |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 103 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | N'Djamena Airport (NDJ) -
 Chad
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT/HSSS) |
| El Fasher Airport (ELF/HSFS) |
The plane was hijacked by the unidentified Sudanese man carrying an AK-47 rifle 30 minutes after takeoff. He demanded to be flown to Chad. He surrendered after landing at N'Djamena and requested asylum from the French embassy.
Sources:
Reuters
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