Yemenia Flight 448
Boeing 727-2N8 · Hijacking
From Sanaa International Airport (SAH) to Hodeidah International Airport, Yemen
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Occurrence
- Event fatalities
- 0 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 101
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 1
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Boeing 727-2N8
- Flight
- IY448
- Aircraft type
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- Unknown
- Operator
- Yemenia
- Onboard fatalities
- 0
- Route
- From Sanaa International Airport (SAH)To Hodeidah International Airport, Yemen
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
Yemenia Flight 448 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight piloted by Captain Amer Anis from Sanaa to Hodeidah, Yemen, that was hijacked on 23 January 2001. The Yemenia Boeing 727-2N8 departed Sanaa International Airport bound for a stopover at Taiz-Al Janad Airport, Ta'izz. The passengers included the United States Ambassador to Yemen Barbara Bodine, US Deputy Chief of Mission to Yemen, and the Yemeni Ambassador to the US.
Sequence of events
Fifteen minutes after takeoff, a man armed with a pen gun hijacked the aircraft and demanded to be taken to Baghdad, Iraq. In addition to his gun, he claimed to have explosives hidden in his suitcase. The flight crew convinced the hijacker to first divert to Djibouti to refuel. The aircraft made an emergency landing at Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport, where the flight crew, led by flight captain Amer Anis, overpowered the hijacker in what US State Department Richard Boucher described as "really terrific action". The only injury was to the flight engineer, who was grazed by a bullet during the fight.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Yemenia Flight 448
- Article
- Yemenia Flight 448
- Revision
- 1368745575 · 2026-08-10 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q8052141
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "Yemenia Flight 448" (page 31230035, revision 1368745575)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- Wikipedia article coordinates
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- airline flight number in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.