ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 321190
Date: | Wednesday 5 January 2011 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing 737-8F2 (WL) |
Owner/operator: | THY Turkish Airlines |
Registration: | TC-JGZ |
MSN: | 35739/2654 |
Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B26 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 60 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Istanbul Atatürk Airport (IST) -
Turkey
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Oslo-Gardermoen Airport (OSL/ENGM) |
Destination airport: | Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport (IST/LTBA) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A 40 year old man attempted hijack Flight 1754 on a flight from Oslo (GEN) to Istanbul's Atatürk Airport (IST). The hijacker tried to enter the cockpit and demanded that the plane return to Norway. The man claimed that he had a bomb and that he would blow up the aircraft if the aircraft was not going back to Norway. A number of passengers overpowered the man and the 737 landed at Istanbul's Atatürk Airport were the hijacker was arrested.
The hijacker had gone on a hunger strike for 43 days in the summer of 2009 in an attempt to get a Norwegian residence permit.
Sources:
Passengers overpower hijacker on Norway-Turkey flight (Reuters, 5-1-2011) Turkish Airlines hijack attempt foiled by passengers (Hurriyet Daily News, 5-1-2011)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft Images:
photo (c) Ahmet Akin Diler; Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport (IST/LTBA); 30 April 2010
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