ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328775
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Date: | Saturday 30 September 1978 |
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Type: | Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10B3 |
Owner/operator: | Finnair |
Registration: | OH-LSB |
MSN: | 182 |
Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Oulu Airport (OUL) -
Finland
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Oulu Airport (OUL/EFOU) |
Destination airport: | Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (HEL/EFHK) |
Narrative:A hijacker armed with a pistol entered the cockpit and ordered the pilot to continue to Helsinki. At Helsinki some passengers were released. The aircraft then flew to Oulu with a stop at Amsterdam. Netherlands. During the course of the hijacking, a ransom of $206,000 was paid to the hijacker. At Oulu all aboard were released and subsequently the hijacker was arrested and taken Into custody. All but $3,750 of the ransom was recovered shortly after his arrest.
Sentenced to 7 years and 1 month and fined $70,000.
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