Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 04 SEP 1976 |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-33RC |
| Operator: | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
| Registration: | PH-DNM |
| C/n / msn: | 47191/280 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 79 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 84 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Larnaca Airport (LCA) (Cyprus) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE/LFMN), France |
| Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM), Netherlands | |
| Flightnumber: | 366 |
Three hijackers demanded release of prisoners. Hijackers surrendered. Duration of the hijacking: 2 days.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport to Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport as the crow flies is 972 km (607 miles).
Distance from Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport to Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport as the crow flies is 972 km (607 miles).
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.
