ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323355
| Date: | Monday 22 January 2001 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-2N8 |
| Owner/operator: | Yemenia Airways |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 101 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Djibouti -
 Djibouti
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Sana'a International Airport (SAH/ODSN) |
| Taiz-Al Janad Airport (TAI/ODTZ) | |
| Confidence Rating: |
An Iraqi man hijacked the flight some 15 minutes after takeoff. He was armed with a pen gun and claimed to have explosives in his briefcase. He demanded to be taken to Baghdad. The airplane diverted to Djibouti for refueling. There the flight crew overpowered the hijacker.
Sources:
Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 2001 / DoT, TSA
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