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The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is an American five-abreast, single-aisle aircraft designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.It was initially produced as the Douglas DC-9 prior to August 1967, after which point the company had merged with McDonnell Aircraft to become McDonnell Douglas.
Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 206 was a Garuda Indonesia flight that was hijacked on 28 March 1981, by the Komando Jihad in Indonesia. The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 plane PK-GNJ was hijacked on a domestic flight and forced to land at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. The hijackers demanded the release of their confederates ...
DC-9-32 1979 May 16, 1979 June 21, 1993 Garuda Indonesia: Transportation Museum in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah in Jakarta, Indonesia. On static display [3] [4] MM62012 DC-9-32 1973 January 1974 May 2001 Italian Air Force: Volandia in Somma Lombardo, Varese On static display [5] [6] XA-JEB DC-9-32 1969 February 1969 August 31, 2004 Playboy ...
Douglas DC-9-32. In 1967, with the merger of McDonnell and Douglas Aircraft, David S. Lewis, then president of McDonnell Aircraft, was named chairman of what was called the Long Beach, Douglas Aircraft Division. At the time of the merger, Douglas Aircraft was estimated to be less than a year from bankruptcy.
Flight 206, operated by McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 PK-GNJ Woyla, was hijacked on a domestic flight from Palembang to Medan by five members of Komando Jihad. The hijackers demanded to be flown to Sri Lanka, but the aircraft did not have enough fuel and diverted to Penang in Malaysia to refuel, and then flew to Bangkok. The hijackers demanded the ...
Southern Airways Flight 242 was a flight from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to Atlanta, Georgia, with a stop in Huntsville, Alabama.On April 4, 1977, it executed a forced landing on Georgia State Route 381 in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia, United States, after suffering hail damage and losing thrust on both engines in a severe thunderstorm.
Cebu Pacific Flight 387 was a domestic flight from Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila to Lumbia Airport in Cagayan de Oro.On February 2, 1998, the 30-year-old McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 crashed on the slopes of Mount Sumagaya in Claveria.
The flight was carried out by a 1976-built Douglas DC-9-32 registered PK-GNQ. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and written off. [ 4 ] This registration was later given to a Boeing 737-800, also operated by Garuda Indonesia.