Date:	Friday 9 August 1996
Time:
Type:	Fokker F-28 Fellowship 4000
Owner/operator:	Air Mauritanie
Registration:	5T-CLG
MSN:	11093
Year of manufacture:	1975
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	UI
Location:	Nouakchott Airport (NKC) -   Mauritania
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Las Palmas-Airport de Gran Canaria (LPA/GCLP)
Destination airport:	Nouakchott Airport (NKC/GQNN)

Narrative:
An Air Mauritania plane was hijacked by a man, armed with a gun. He entered the cockpit and ordered the pilot to fly to Morocco. The pilot disarmed the hijacker, but a shot was fired and the bullet lodged in the roof of the plane. The plane was flown to Nouakchott where the hijacker, identified as a policeman from Zouerate, was handed over to police. The hijacker offered no motive for the incident, and no injuries were incurred.

Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1996 / FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security

photo (c) Fokker, Frank Ellemers Collection; in flight; November 1983

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