ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331255
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Date: | Tuesday 6 January 1970 |
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Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9 |
Owner/operator: | Delta Air Lines |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 65 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Jacksonville International Airport, FL (JAX) -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Orlando International Airport, FL (MCO/KMCO) |
Destination airport: | Jacksonville International Airport, FL (JAX/KJAX) |
Narrative:A Yugoslav male grabbed a stewardess, putting a knife to her throat. He demanded to be taken to Switzerland. As the airplane touched down at Jacksonville (JAX), he was overpowered by a passenger.
The hijacked was on probation. He had been charged with threatening the life of President Nixon.
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