ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 319291
Date: | Tuesday 26 November 2019 |
Time: | |
Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
Owner/operator: | Tropicair |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Gasmata -
Papua New Guinea
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Gasmata Island Airport (GMI) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:A Tropicair Cessna 208 Grand Caravan was hijacked from Gasmata, Papua New Guinea. The pilot was refueling the aircraft when eight men approached the plane and demanded him to fly to a remote airstrip. They stole cargo and baggage that was onboard the aircraft.
The pilot was able to return safely back to Port Moresby.
Sources:
EMTV nst.com.my Revision history:
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