Date: | Friday 9 August 1996 |
Time: | |
Type: | Fokker F-28 Fellowship 4000 |
Owner/operator: | Air Mauritanie |
Registration: | 5T-CLG |
MSN: | 11093 |
Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Nouakchott Airport (NKC) -
Mauritania
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Las Palmas-Airport de Gran Canaria (LPA/GCLP) |
Destination airport: | Nouakchott Airport (NKC/GQNN) |
Narrative:An Air Mauritania plane was hijacked by a man, armed with a gun. He entered the cockpit and ordered the pilot to fly to Morocco. The pilot disarmed the hijacker, but a shot was fired and the bullet lodged in the roof of the plane. The plane was flown to Nouakchott where the hijacker, identified as a policeman from Zouerate, was handed over to police. The hijacker offered no motive for the incident, and no injuries were incurred.
Sources:
Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1996 / FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
Images:
photo (c) Fokker, Frank Ellemers Collection; in flight; November 1983
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