| Date: | Friday 30 July 1982 |
| Time: | ca 10 |
| Type: |  Vickers 843 Viscount |
| Owner/operator: | People's Liberation Army - Air Force - PLAAF |
| Registration: | 50258 |
| MSN: | 453 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 525 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | over Jiangsu Province -
 China
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Shanghai-Hongqiao Airport (SHA/ZSSS) |
| Beijing-Xijiao Airport |
An onboard guard hijacked a Chinese Air Force Vickers Viscount that carried a Ugandan military mission visiting China. He broke into the cockpit, locked the door, splashed a bottle of gasoline and took out a gun and a lighter, demanding a diversion to Taiwan, which would not be permitted by Chinese authority. The pilots managed to trick the hijacker into believing that they were flying toward Taiwan, then the other crew members in the cabin stormed the cockpit and slayed the hijacker with an axe. In the struggle, the hijacker fired several bullets; as a result, the Viscount's hull was pierced through and a pilot was wounded. The flight landed without further incident.
Sources:
vickersviscount.net
news.sohu.com
mil.sohu.com
zh.wikipedia.org
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