- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | December 04, 1977 |
Time: | 2036 |
Location: | Straits of Johore, near Kampung Ladang, Malaysia |
Operator: | Malaysia Airlines |
Flight #: | 653 |
Route: | Penang - Kuala Lumpur |
AC Type: | Boeing B-737-2H6 |
Registration: | 9M-MBD |
cn / ln: | 20585/306 |
Aboard: | 100 (passengers:93 crew:7) |
Fatalities: | 100 (passengers:93 crew:7) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | During a hijacking and while descending from 21,000 to 7,000 feet, both pilots were shot and the aircraft crashed into a swamp. |
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