Yemenia Flight 448

2001 CE.

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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.

Text from the Wikipedia article Yemenia Flight 448, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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