| Statuts: | |
| Date: | lundi 8 février 1999 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311Q Dash 8 |
| Compagnie: | Uni Air |
| Immatriculation: | B-15237 |
| Numéro de série: | 467 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1997 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 31 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Aucun |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Kinmen-Shang-Yi Airport (KNH) ( Taïwan)
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| Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
| Nature: | Charter International |
| Aéroport de départ: | Hsinchu Airport (HSZ/RCPO), Taïwan |
| Kinmen-Shang-Yi Airport (KNH/RCBS), Taïwan |
Four Chinese nationals, who had earlier hijacked airplanes from mainland China to Taiwan and were being repatriated on a chartered DHC-8 plane. Just before landing at Kinmen (KNH), one of the four men asked to see a Taiwanese official seated in the front of the plane. As the plane was landing, the official was stabbed in the neck with a sharpened part of a metal door handle. The attacker was subsequently overpowered by police, and the flight landed safely. Police later found similar crude weapons and razor blades hidden on the other three prisoners, in the lining of their clothing or in the soles of their shoes. The men reportedly staged an argument among themselves prior to leaving the detention center in order to avoid a body search, which would have revealed their weapons.
Sources:
» Taipei Times» AP
» cloudblow.com
» Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1999 / FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Hsinchu Airport et Kinmen-Shang-Yi Airport est de 263 km (164 miles).
La distance entre Hsinchu Airport et Kinmen-Shang-Yi Airport est de 263 km (164 miles).
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