| Date: | Monday 24 April 1989 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Xian Yunshuji Y-7 |
| Owner/operator: | China Eastern Airlines |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Fuzhou Yixu Airport (FOC) -
 China
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Ningbo Airport (NGB/ZSNB) |
| Xiamen Airport (XMN/ZSAM) |
A male passenger hijacked a Xian Y-7 aircraft, en route from Ningbo to Xiamen, China. The hijacker armed with a dagger and carrying dynamite in a pack on his back, stabbed a flight attendant.
The hijacker demanded to be flown to Taiwan, however, the plane was diverted to Fuzhou. The hijacker, realizing that he was in Fuzhou, detonated the dynamite pack, killing himself and injuring two passengers.
Sources:
Criminal Acts against Civil Aviation: 1989 / FAA
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