Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 JUL 2000 |
| Type: | Boeing 757 |
| Operator: | National Airlines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 143 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 150 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), United States of America |
| Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV (LAS/KLAS), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 019 |
A hijacker entered the plane with gun during boarding and demanded to be taken to Antarctica. He surrendered the same 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 New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV as the crow flies is 3585 km (2240 miles).
Distance from New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV as the crow flies is 3585 km (2240 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.
