| Date: | Saturday 1 April 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-200 |
| Owner/operator: | Piedmont Airlines |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 66 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Richmond, New York -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Richmond International Airport (Byrd Field), VA (RIC/KRIC) |
| Norfolk International Airport, VA (ORF/KORF) |
The young male hijacker jumped a fence at Richmond-Byrd International Airport, Virginia, armed with a .22 caliber rifle and ordered the Piedmont Boeing 737 that was on the apron to fly to New York, where he surrendered to authorities. He was convicted
for abduction, assault, interfering with an airplane and brandishing a weapon.
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