| Date: | Thursday 13 April 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-214 |
| Owner/operator: | Frontier Airlines (FL) |
| Registration: | N7380F |
| MSN: | 19681/68 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 31 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Albuquerque International Airport, NM (ABQ/KABQ) |
| Phoenix-Sky Harbor International Airport, AZ (PHX/KPHX) |
A Mexican national with a history of psychiatric problems hijacked Frontier Airlines Flight 91 to Los Angeles using an unloaded gun.
At LAX three Spanish-speaking newsmen were allowed on the plane. The hijacker gave a rambling speech in Spanish over radio and television. After that, he surrendered.
Sources:
San Bernardino Sun, 14 April 1972
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