Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 01 MAY 1980 |
| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Operator: | Pacific Southwest Airlines - PSA |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Stockton, CA (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Stockton Airport, CA (SCK/KSCK), United States of America |
| Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 818 |
One hijacker demanded to be taken to Iran. Hijacker taken down. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Events:
Sources:
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Map
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 Stockton Airport, CA to Los Angeles International Airport, CA as the crow flies is 504 km (315 miles).
Distance from Stockton Airport, CA to Los Angeles International Airport, CA as the crow flies is 504 km (315 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.
