ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328917
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Date: | Thursday 2 March 1978 |
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Type: | Boeing 747-282B |
Owner/operator: | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Islamabad -
Pakistan
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Islamabad International Airport (ISB/OPRN) |
Destination airport: | Karachi International Airport (KHI/OPKC) |
Narrative:A hijacker, armed with a grenade, lost a hand when the grenade went off during a struggle. The plane returned to Islamabad and the hijacker and three passengers were hospitalized.
The hijacker was convicted of air piracy and hung.
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