Hijacking description
Last updated: 22 November 2016
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 10 November 1969 |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9 |
| Operator: | Delta Air Lines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 68 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 73 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, KY (CVG) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, KY (CVG/KCVG), United States of America |
| Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | DL670 |
A fourteen year old boy pulled a butcher knife in the terminal building of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, KY (CVG). He grabbed aan 18-year old girl and boarded Delta Air Lines flight 670 to Chicago. He demanded to be taken to Sweden.
The boy surrendered to police fifteen minutes later.
Classification:
Hijack
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, KY to Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL as the crow flies is 423 km (264 miles).
Distance from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, KY to Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL as the crow flies is 423 km (264 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
