| Date: | Monday 2 March 1987 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | Libyan Arab Airlines |
| Registration: | 5A-DOM |
| MSN: | 4992 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Abu Simbel Airport (ABS) -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
The Hercules transport plane was hijacked by two Libyan crew members and flown to Egypt. It was operating on a flight from Chad to Libya.
Two crew members asked for asylum.
Sources:
Lockheed Hercules Production List 1954-2003 - Lars Olousson
European Stars and Stripes March 31, 1987
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
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