Lufthansa Flight 592
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Lufthansa Flight 592 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Frankfurt, Germany to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that was hijacked on February 11, 1993. The Lufthansa-operated Airbus A310-300 was hijacked by Nebiu Zewolde Demeke,[1][note 1] a 20-year old Ethiopian man seeking asylum who forced the pilot to fly to New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport. The aircraft landed safely, and the gunman surrendered peacefully and without incident. He was charged with aircraft hijacking by a United States district court, and was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment.
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Incident | |
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Date | February 11, 1993 |
Summary | Hijacking |
Site | John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, USA |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Airbus A310-300 |
Operator | Lufthansa |
Registration | D-AIDM |
Flight origin | Frankfurt International Airport, Frankfurt, Germany |
Stopover | Cairo International Airport, Cairo, Egypt |
Destination | Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
Occupants | 104 |
Passengers | 94 |
Crew | 10 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries | 0 |
Survivors | 104 |
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