ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327539
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| Date: | Saturday 15 October 1983 |
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| Type: | Boeing 737 |
| Owner/operator: | People Express |
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| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 107 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Atlantic City International Airport, NJ (ACY) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Buffalo Airport, NY (BUF/KBUF) |
| Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR) |
While enroute to Newark, NJ, a male passenger grabbed a flight attendant and advised her that he had a gun.
The hijacker demanded that the flight be diverted to Atlantic City, NJ. Upon landing in Atlantic City, the hijacker with a flight attendant as hostage left the aircraft
and entered the air terminal operations building where he released the flight attendant and demanded a taxi to Atlantic City proper.
FBI and local officials entered the building and arrested the hijacker. While searching the hijacker for the alleged weapon, over $600 in cash taken from a flight attendant was recovered. The man was committed to a mental institution.
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