First aircraft hijacking in Australia

Quando

15 de nov. de 1972

Tipo

Evento

Coordenadas

23.80° S, 133.90° E

Posicionado em: coordinates of the event it links, Ansett Australia Flight 232.

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.

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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