Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 28 OCT 1977 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Operator: | Air Vietnam |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | U-Tapao, Singapore (Singapore) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Ho Chi Minh City-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS), Vietnam |
| Phu Quoc-Duong Dang Airport (PQC/VVPQ), Vietnam |
4 hijackers demanded to be taken to Singapore. Demands were accepted and hijackers surrendered. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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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 Ho Chi Minh City-Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Phu Quoc-Duong Dang Airport as the crow flies is 299 km (187 miles).
Distance from Ho Chi Minh City-Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Phu Quoc-Duong Dang Airport as the crow flies is 299 km (187 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.
