Global InformationFrederick Hahneman information
Frederick William Hahneman | |
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| Born | July 5, 1922 Puerto Castilla, Honduras |
| Died | December 17, 1991 (aged 69)[citation needed] Costa Mesa, California, U.S. |
| Other names | George Ames |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Spouse | Mary Jane Hahneman |
| Children | Two sons |
| Parent(s) | Delia Pastore Ordóñez William Frederick Hahneman |
| Criminal charge | Aircraft piracy, kidnapping, and extortion |
| Penalty | Life imprisonment (paroled after 12 years) |
Frederick William Hahneman (July 5, 1922 – December 17, 1991) was a Honduras-born U.S. citizen convicted of hijacking Eastern Air Lines Flight 175 from Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pennsylvania to Miami, Florida, on May 5, 1972.
Hahneman parachuted from the plane over his native Honduras after extorting $303,000 from Eastern Air Lines. Evading an FBI and Honduran police manhunt and with a $25,000 bounty placed on him, Hahneman remained on the run for 28 days before finally surrendering to the U.S. embassy in Tegucigalpa. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for aircraft hijacking, kidnapping, and extortion, and was paroled after serving 12 years. Hahneman's motives were never fully understood.