ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328801
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| Date: | Sunday 27 August 1978 |
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| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-8 |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
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| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 159 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Denver-Stapleton International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN) |
| Seattle/Tacoma International Airport, WA (SEA/KSEA) |
A hijacker placed a note on the counter of the aircraft galley stating that the aircraft should proceed to Vancouver, Canada, and that there was a bomb on board. The aircraft diverted to Vancouver where all passengers and crew disembarked along with the hijacker who was apprehended. No explosives were discovered.
Determined to be mentally incompetent.
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