LZ-JXB, involved to the hijacked one at Don Mueang International Airport, 5 months before incident
Hijacking
Date
4 September 1992 (1992-09-04)
Summary
Hijacking
Site
en route
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Airbus A310-222
Aircraft name
Jantra
Operator
Jes Air on behalf of Vietnam Airlines
Registration
LZ-JXB
Flight origin
Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand
Destination
Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Passengers
115
Crew
12
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Survivors
127
Vietnam Airlines Flight 850 was an international scheduled passenger flight from Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh City. On 4 September 1992, the Airbus A310-222 serving the flight was hijacked by Ly Tong, a former pilot in the South Vietnam Air Force. He then dropped anti-communist leaflets over Ho Chi Minh City before parachuting out. Vietnamese security forces later arrested him on the ground. The aircraft landed safely, and no one on board was injured. He was released from a Hanoi prison in 1998.[1]
^Accident description for VN850 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 3 June 2018.
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