# Incident 19780627035639I: Boeing 727, Atlanta, GA, June 27, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1978, 06:55 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Hartsfield
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EAL
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8848E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8848E-1995-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 71
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780627035639I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PASSENGER BECAME ABUSIVE AND HARD TO CONTROL. THREATENED TO BLOW UP THE PLANE. U. S. ATTORNEY WILL PROSECUTE

## Other reports on N8848E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19791011052329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791011052329I), Oct 11, 1979: Boeing 727225 (N8848E), Houston, TX. Flight returned due to oil loss. Replaced leaking oil filter bypass switch.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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