Status: | |
Date: | Monday 22 February 1988 |
Type: | Boeing 737 |
Operator: | China Airlines |
Registration: | registration unknown |
MSN: | |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 106 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Location: | Kaohsiung International Airport (KHH) ( Taiwan)
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Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Taipei (unknown airport), Taiwan |
Destination airport: | Kaohsiung International Airport (KHH/RCKH), Taiwan |
Narrative:A Taiwanese man, using 2 fake grenades, attempted to hijack the flight to China. He was overpowered by the crew.
Classification:
Hijack
Sources:
» Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1988 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.