Status: | |
Date: | 13 OCT 2000 |
Type: | Airbus A330-223 |
Operator: | Sabena |
Registration: | registration unknown |
C/n / msn: | |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 147 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 158 |
Airplane damage: | None |
Location: | Malaga (Spain) |
Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU) (BRU/EBBR), Belgium |
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Abidjan-Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport (ABJ) (ABJ/DIAP), Cote d'Ivoire |
Flightnumber: | 689 |
Nigerian man being deported from Belgium was released from his restraints, ran to the cockpit and forced the crew to land in Spain. The hijacker was overpowered by Spanish police.
» De Standaard, 16 oktober 2000