| Date: | Wednesday 20 March 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 |
| Owner/operator: | East African Airways Corp. - EAAC |
| Registration: | 5Y-AAC |
| MSN: | 10212 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 33 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Entebbe Airport (EBB) -
 Uganda
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Nairobi (unknown airport) |
| Malindi Airport (MYD/HKML) |
Two Ethiopian passengers brandished a gun and hijacked the aircraft, apparently protesting against the rule of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie. They demanded to be flown to Libya. The first refueling stop was at Entebbe, Uganda. After negotiations both hijackers surrendered.
Sources:
British Pathé
History of this aircraft
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