| Date: | Saturday 30 September 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10B3 |
| Owner/operator: | Finnair |
| Registration: | OH-LSB |
| MSN: | 182 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Oulu Airport (OUL) -
 Finland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Oulu Airport (OUL/EFOU) |
| Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (HEL/EFHK) |
A hijacker armed with a pistol entered the cockpit and ordered the pilot to continue to Helsinki. At Helsinki some passengers were released. The aircraft then flew to Oulu with a stop at Amsterdam. Netherlands. During the course of the hijacking, a ransom of $206,000 was paid to the hijacker. At Oulu all aboard were released and subsequently the hijacker was arrested and taken Into custody. All but $3,750 of the ransom was recovered shortly after his arrest.
Sentenced to 7 years and 1 month and fined $70,000.
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| 6 May 1993 | HK-3835X | SERCA - Servicio Especializado de Carga Aérea | 0 | Cayenne-Rochambeau Airport (CAY) |  |
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