ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 221087
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| Date: | Friday 30 June 1967 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Hawker Siddeley HS-125-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Hanson |
| Registration: | G-ASNU |
| MSN: | 25005 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Between Ibiza and Palma over the Mediterranean -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Ibiza |
| Palma de Majorca | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Aircraft with Moise Tshombe,former Prime Minster of Katanga and Congo,onboard was hijacked by someone belonging to the French secret service and forced to fly to Algeria.
Aircraft landed at Roufarik AFB where Tshombe was arrested by the authorities.
The pilots were released on 22-9-1967 and the aircraft was returned on 18-4-1968
Tshombe was kept in captivity until he died in Algiers on 29-6-1969
Sources:
https://odedabarbanell.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/hijacked-to-algiers-part-ii/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moïse_Tshombe
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2019 18:34 | Cobar | Added |
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