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Ansett Australia Flight 232
Fokker F-27 Friendship of Ansett Airlines in 1970
Hijacking
Date15 November 1972
SummaryHijacking
SiteAlice Springs Airport, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
23°48′08.43″S 133°54′02.92″E / 23.8023417°S 133.9008111°E / -23.8023417; 133.9008111
Aircraft
Aircraft typeFokker Friendship
OperatorAnsett Australia
RegistrationVH-FNI
Flight originAdelaide Airport, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
DestinationAlice Springs Airport, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Occupants32
Passengers28
Crew4
Fatalities1
Injuries1
Survivors31

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 (after the first in 1960), and resulted in the perpetrator's death by suicide.

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