What the records say
- When
- 15 Nov 1972
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 23.80° S, 133.90° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Ansett Australia Flight 232.
Summary
First aircraft hijacking in Australia. Ansett Airlines Flight 232 from Adelaide to Alice Springs with 28 passengers and a crew of 4. Followed by gun battle at Alice Springs Airport.
Ansett Australia Flight 232
1972 aircraft hijacking
Ansett Australia Flight 232, on Wednesday, 15 November 1972, was a flight from Adelaide, South Australia aboard a Fokker Friendship bound for Alice Springs, Northern Territory. It was Australia's second aircraft hijacking, and resulted in the perpetrator's death by suicide.
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