Status: | |
Date: | Friday 5 November 1993 |
Type: | Boeing 737 |
Operator: | Xiamen Airlines |
Registration: | registration unknown |
MSN: | |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 129 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 140 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Location: | Taipei ( Taiwan)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport (CAN/ZGGG), China |
Destination airport: | Xiamen Airport (XMN/ZSAM), China |
Narrative:A Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft with 129 passengers and 11 crew members was hijacked to Taiwan during a domestic flight from Guangzhou to Xiamen. A 27-year old Chinese man held a knife to the throat of one of the crew members and threatened to blow up the aircraft unless he was flown to Taiwan. The explosives he claimed to be carrying under his shirt were later found to be toothpaste tubes and soap taped to the man's body. The hijacker surrendered without incident after the aircraft landed in Taipei. There were no reports of injuries. The hijacker claimed to have been motivated by a desire to see his maternal grandfather who resides in Taipei .
Classification:
Hijack
Sources:
» Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1993 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport to Xiamen Airport as the crow flies is 514 km (321 miles).
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.