| Date: | Tuesday 19 July 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-188A Electra |
| Owner/operator: | Trans Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Registration: | VH-TLB |
| MSN: | 1069 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 49 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Brisbane-Eagle Farm Airport, QLD (BNE) -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Sydney (unknown airport), NSW |
| Brisbane-Eagle Farm Airport, QLD |
A man pulled out a sawed off rifle and asked demanded to be flown to Singapore. The first officer armed himself with a fire hatchet, came back to the passenger cabin and smashed the hijacked across the wrist. The rifle discharged sending a bullet through the plane's ceiling. After the man had been overpowered two sticks of dynamite were found under his seat.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_Australia_Airlines_Flight_408
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 February 1980 | YS-07C | TACA International Airlines | 0 | San Salvador |  |
w/o |
| Damaged on the ground | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2024 14:35 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Source, ] |
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