Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 JUL 1954 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-6B |
| Operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N90773 |
| C/n / msn: | 44058/365 |
| First flight: | 1953 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 53 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Cleveland, OH (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Cleveland (unknown airport), OH, United States of America |
| Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO (STL/KSTL), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 163 |
A 15 year old boy with an empty pistol forced his way into cockpit and confronted the captain, demanding a diversion. The captain produced his own pistol, shot, and killed the lone perpetrator.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
