Hijacking description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 18 JAN 1983 |
| Type: | Shorts 330-200 |
| Operator: | Thai Airways |
| Registration: | HS-TS. |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX) (Thailand) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Phitsanulok Airport (PHS/VTPP), Thailand |
| Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX/VTCC), Thailand |
Three men armed with knives, explosives and a rifle commandeered the plane and demanded to go to Chiang Rai, Thailand but the crew convinced them that they must land in Chiang Mai to refuel.
While on the ground the flight crew and some of the passengers managed to escape from the aircraft. The hijackers demanded the return of the flight crew and three parachutes.
After these demands were refused by authorities, the hijackers accepted a pickup truck and took seven passengers as hostages and escaped to the surrounding countryside.
The hostages were subsequently robbed and released unharmed. Reportedly two of the hijackers were later captured and the third is still at large.
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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 Phitsanulok Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport as the crow flies is 259 km (162 miles).
Distance from Phitsanulok Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport as the crow flies is 259 km (162 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.
