ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331287
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Date: | Friday 12 December 1969 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing 707 |
Owner/operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 23 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Athens (ATH) -
Greece
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD/LEMD) |
Destination airport: | Addis Ababa-Haile Selassie I International Airport (ADD/HAAB) |
Narrative:Shortly after the Ethiopian plane took off from Madrid for Rome, a Yemeni hijacker entered the cockpit waving a pistol and ordered the pilot to fly to Aden. The pilot said that he would need to refuel at Rome, but the flight was not allowed to land there.
A security guard went to the cockpit and killed the hijacker. An accomplice armed with a knife ran forward but he was killed by another security guard before he could reach the cockpit. The airplane landed safely at Athens.
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