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January 2001 aircraft hijacking

Yemenia Yemen Airways Flight 448
Hijacking
A Yemenia Boeing 727-2N8 similar to the aircraft involved in the incident.
Date	23 January 2001
Summary	Hijacking
Site	Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport, Djibouti, Djibouti 11°32′50.39″N 43°09′34.13″E / 11.5473306°N 43.1594806°E / 11.5473306; 43.1594806
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 727-2N8
Operator	Yemenia Yemen Airways
Flight origin	Sana'a International Airport, Yemen
Stopover	Taiz International Airport, Yemen
Destination	Hodeida International Airport, Yemen
Passengers	91
Crew	10
Fatalities	0
Injuries	1
Survivors	101

Yemenia Flight 448 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight piloted by Captain Amer Anis from Sana'a to al-Hudaydah, Yemen, that was hijacked on 23 January 2001. The Yemenia Yemen Airways Boeing 727-2N8 departed Sana'a International Airport bound for a stopover at Taiz-Al Janad Airport, Ta'izz. The passengers included the United States Ambassador to Yemen Barbara Bodine, US Deputy Chief of Mission to Yemen, and the Yemeni Ambassador to the US.

Fifteen minutes after takeoff, a man armed with a pen gun hijacked the aircraft and demanded to be taken to Baghdad, Iraq. In addition to his gun, he claimed to have explosives hidden in his suitcase. The flight crew convinced the hijacker to first divert to Djibouti to refuel.

The aircraft made an emergency landing at Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport, where the flight crew, led by flight captain Amer Anis, overpowered the hijacker in what US State Department Richard Boucher described as "really terrific action". The only injury was to the flight engineer, who was grazed by a bullet during the fight.

The hijacker was an unemployed Iraqi who wanted to look elsewhere for employment opportunities. He was extradited to Yemen, and sentenced to 15 years in prison in March 2001.

References

"Yemen Wants Hijacking Suspect". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
"US diplomat safe after Yemen hijack". BBC News. 23 January 2001. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
^ Transportation Safety Administration (2001), Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation (PDF), p. 28, archived (PDF) from the original on 8 February 2011, retrieved 3 May 2011
^ Hijacking description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 3 May 2011.
"Crew Foils Hijacking on Yemeni Jet Carrying U.S. Ambassador, 90 Others". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 24 January 2001. p. A4. Retrieved 3 May 2011. (subscription required)
"US Ambassador Was on Hijacked Plane | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal". Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.

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Aviation accidents and incidents in 2001 (2001)

Jan 23 Yemenia Flight 448Jan 25 RUTACA Airlines Flight 225Jan 27 Omsk An-70 crashJan 27 Oklahoma State basketball team crashJan 31 Japan Airlines mid-air incidentFeb 7 Iberia Flight 1456Feb 27 Loganair Flight 670AMar 3 Thai Airways International Flight 114Mar 15 Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2806Mar 24 Air Caraïbes Flight 1501Mar 29 Avjet Gulfstream III crashApr 1 Hainan Island incidentApr 20 Peru shootdownMay 17 Faraz Qeshm Airlines Yak-40 crashJul 4 Vladivostok Air Flight 352Aug 24 Air Transat Flight 236Aug 25 Marsh Harbour Cessna 402 crashAug 29 Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261Sep 11 American Airlines Flight 11Sep 11 United Airlines Flight 175Sep 11 American Airlines Flight 77Sep 11 United Airlines Flight 93Sep 11 Delta Air Lines Flight 1989Sep 11 Korean Air Flight 085Sep 15 TAM Airlines Flight 9755Sep 17 Grozny Mi-8 crashSep 21 Aeroflot Flight 521Oct 4 Siberia Airlines Flight 1812Oct 8 2001 Linate Airport runway collisionOct 10 Flightline Flight 101Nov 12 American Airlines Flight 587Nov 12 Fishtail Air Eurocopter AS350 crashNov 19 IRS Aero Flight 9601/02Nov 24 Crossair Flight 3597Dec 2 AFRF Flight 9064Dec 22 American Airlines Flight 63

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