Date: | Thursday 15 May 1980 |
Time: | 05:45 |
Type: | Grumman G-73 Mallard |
Owner/operator: | Chalk's International Airlines |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Miami Seaplane Base, FL (MPB) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | Miami SPB, FL (MPB) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Armed with a 45-calibre pistol and a 22-calibre rifle the hijacker forced a male maintenance employee to board the aircraft. He then demanded a pilot and to be flown to South Africa. After 8 hours of negotiation he surrendered, deplaned and was taken into custody.
The hijacker had complained he had been cheated out of welfare money.
Sources:
St. Petersburg Times - May 16, 1980 Revision history:
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