Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130
A similar aircraft to the hijacked Gunder Viking
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| Hijacking summary | |
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| Date | 15–16 September 1972 |
| Summary | Hijacking |
| Site |
Bulltofta Airport, Malmö, Sweden 55°36′18″N 13°3′35″E / 55.60500°N 13.05972°ECoordinates: 55°36′18″N 13°3′35″E / 55.60500°N 13.05972°E |
| Passengers | 86 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries (non-fatal) | 0 |
| Survivors | 90 |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-21 |
| Aircraft name | Gunder Viking |
| Operator | Scandinavian Airlines System |
| Registration | LN-RLO |
| Flight origin | Torslanda Airport, Gothenburg |
| Destination | |
Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130 was an aircraft hijacking which took place in Sweden and subsequently in Spain on 15 and 16 September 1972. While en route from Torslanda Airport in Gothenburg to , three armed members of the Croatian National Resistance (CNR) forcefully took control of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-21 aircraft and redirected it to Bulltofta Airport in Malmö. There was a crew of four and eighty-six passengers on the Scandinavian Airlines System aircraft.
Upon arriving at Bulltofta at 17:14, the hijackers demanded the release of seven members of their group, which had been sentenced for the 1971 occupation of the Consulate-General of Yugoslavia in Gothenburg and shooting at the Embassy of Yugoslavia in Stockholm, including Miro Barešić. They threatened to otherwise detonate a bomb. Negotiations followed throughout the evening, night and morning. Six of the seven prisoners agreed to the transfer and were boarded at 04:00. Only a third of the hostages were released and new negotiations followed. All passengers were eventually released in exchange for half a million Swedish krona.
The aircraft then left for Madrid–Barajas Airport in Spain. There the aircraft was surrounded by the police and the crew released. The hijackers surrendered at 14:47. They were arrested and spent a year in prison in Spain. The hijacking was decisive for the Parliament of Sweden passing the new Terrorism Act in 1973.
Two Croatians occupied the Consulate-General of Yugoslavia in Gothenburg on 10 and 11 February 1971, demanding that a Croatian separatist be released from prison in Yugoslavia. After about twenty-four hours they surrendered, without their goals having been met. They were tried for Swedish courts and sentenced to prison. The ambassador of Yugoslavia stated inaccurately that they were part of the Ustaše, a prejudice term which has since stuck in the Swedish coverage and debate.
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