Hijacking description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 08 JUN 1979 |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 |
| Operator: | Trans Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Brisbane International Airport, QLD (BNE) (Australia)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Coolangatta Airport, QLD (OOL), Australia |
| Brisbane International Airport, QLD (BNE/YBBN), Australia |
One hijacker. Hijacker taken down. 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 Coolangatta Airport, QLD to Brisbane International Airport, QLD as the crow flies is 94 km (59 miles).
Distance from Coolangatta Airport, QLD to Brisbane International Airport, QLD as the crow flies is 94 km (59 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.
