Hijacking description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 14 OCT 2000 |
| Type: | Boeing 777-268 |
| Operator: | Saudi Arabian Airlines |
| Registration: | HZ-AKH |
| C/n / msn: | 28351/124 |
| First flight: | 1998 |
| Engines: | 2 General Electric GE90-92B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 95 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 112 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Baghdad (Iraq) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Jeddah International Airport (JED/OEJN), Saudi Arabia |
| London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL), United Kingdom | |
| Flightnumber: | 115 |
Two hijackers demanded to make a political statement. Hijackers surrendered. 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 Jeddah International Airport to London-Heathrow Airport as the crow flies is 4720 km (2950 miles).
Distance from Jeddah International Airport to London-Heathrow Airport as the crow flies is 4720 km (2950 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.
