ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326118
| Date: | Tuesday 16 January 1990 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-300 |
| Owner/operator: | America West Airlines |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 39 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Austin-Robert Mueller Municipal, TX (AUS) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Houston-Intercontinental Airport, TX (IAH/KIAH) |
| Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV (LAS/KLAS) |
America West Airlines Flight 727 was hijacked during a flight from Houston, Texas to Las Vegas, Nevada. The hijacker demanded to be flown to Cuba. During the incident, he held a flight attendant hostage and claimed to have an improvised explosive device. The flight was diverted to Austin, Texas, where he was overpowered and taken into custody by local authorities. The "bomb" was a toothpaste container attached to a flashlight.
In July, the hijacker was found guilty in U.S. District Court of air piracy and assaulting a flight attendant; in October, he was ordered to serve at least 20 years of a 24-year prison sentence and to pay nearly $89,500 in restitution.
Sources:
Criminal Acts against Civil Aviation: 1990 / FAA
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