Status: Date: Tuesday 1 April 2014 Hijacking description Status: Date: Tuesday 1 April 2014 Time: ca 11:00 Type: Silhouette image of generic A321 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different Airbus: A321-231 Operator: Lufthansa Registration: D-AISQ C/n / msn: 3936 First flight: 2009-06-03 (4 years 10 months) Engines: 2 IAE V2533-A5 Crew: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 76 Total: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 82 Airplane damage: None Location: München-Franz Josef Strauss Airport (MUC) ( Germany) Phase: En route (ENR) Nature: International Scheduled Passenger Departure airport: München-Franz Josef Strauss Airport (MUC/EDDM), Germany Destination airport: Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD/LHBP), Hungary Flightnumber: 1667 Narrative: Some ten minutes after flight LH-1667 had departed from Munichs Franz Josef Strauss Airport, Germany, a male passenger grabbed one of the flight attendants and threatened her with a part of a razor blade. He then dragged her into a toilet when two other flight attendants came over in an attempt to free their colleague. The 28-year old hijacker from Kosovo shouted some demands in Albanian but he was not understood. The flight crew returned to Munich were a safe landing was carried out at 11:45. All passengers and crew deplaned and a policeman and interpreter were able to convince the man to surrender.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 06:05:49 +0000