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Incident

FAA incident report · Airbus A300B4103 · Orlando, FL · April 10, 1981

Date
April 10, 1981 · 14:05 local
Place
Orlando, FL
Airport
Miami International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Aircraft
N215EA
Reported as
Airbus A300B4103
People aboard
149
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Zo passenger attemtped hijacking and was overpowered. Hijacker died of asphyxiation.

As the FAA filed it

ZO PASSENGER ATTEMTPED HIJACKING AND WAS OVERPOWERED. HIJACKER DIED OF ASPHYXIATION.