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Date: | mardi 19 mai 1987 |
Type/Sous-type: | Boeing 747-219B |
Compagnie: | Air New Zealand |
Immatriculation: | registration unknown |
Numéro de série: | |
Année de Fabrication: | |
Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 24 |
Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 105 |
Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 129 |
Dégats de l'appareil: | Aucun |
Lieu de l'accident: | Nadi International Airport (NAN) ( Iles Fidji)
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Phase de vol: | En attente (STD) |
Nature: | Transport de Passagers Intern. |
Aéroport de départ: | Nadi International Airport (NAN/NFFN), Iles Fidji |
Aéroport de destination: | Auckland International Airport (AKL/NZAA), Nouvelle-Zélande |
Numéro de vol: | NZ24 |
Détails:Air New Zealand Flight 24, a Boeing 747, was undergoing a pre-flight check by its crew when an airline customer services supervisor entered the cockpit and threatened the crew with explosives. He demanded the aircraft take on extra fuel and ordered that it be flown to Libya, although other reports suggest he wanted to go to New Zealand. All passengers were released but he held the three flight crew members for nearly six hours while he negotiated with authorities. The hijacker was overpowered and taken into custody after one of the crew struck him on the head with a whiskey bottle. The hijacking attempt was apparently related to a political coup on Fiji one week earlier.
Sources:
» Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1987 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
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Gainesville Sun - May 19, 1987
Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Nadi International Airport et Auckland International Airport est de 2148 km (1343 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.