Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 AUG 1979 |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Operator: | Iberia |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
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| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Fuerteventura, Lisbon, Geneva (Switzerland) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Puerto del Rosario Airport, Canary Islands/Fuerteventura Island (FUE/GCFV), Spain |
Three armed men hijacked the DC-9 in the Canary Islands in a bid to escape the Spanish Foreign Legion. They demanded to be flown to Geneva where they surrendered.
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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.
