Date: | Friday 3 January 1975 |
Time: | 23:15 |
Type: | Boeing 727 |
Owner/operator: | National Airlines |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Pensacola Regional Airport, FL (PNS) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) |
Destination airport: | Pensacola Regional Airport, FL (PNS/KPNS) |
Narrative:A 27-year old male was looking for ways to get money to buy drugs. He climbed the chain-link fence at Pensacola Airport and boarded a Boeing 727 that had just landed. All passengers and crew had disembarked and a cleaning crew of three was on board at the time. The brandished a rifle and announced he was hijacking the aircraft. One of the cleaners overpowered the hijacker.
Sources:
Fort Walton Beach Playground Daily News January 5, 1975
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