AeroLine Flight 777

AeroLine Flight 777 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Playmobil City Int'l Airport to Ernst Int'l Airport. On May 8, 2007, the aircraft flying this route was hijacked. The hijacker couldn't fly the plane in wake turbulence, and the aircraft crashed into Runway 35R at Playmobil City Int'l Airport. Everyone was safely evacuated and the hijacker was arrested and is facing 25 years to life in prison.

Aircraft
The aircraft was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 (registration: D-HUTE). It was built in 1969 and delivered new to AeroLine on October 5, 1969.

Passengers and crew
The aircraft was carrying 81 passengers, two aircrew and three cabin crew.

There were two pilots in the aircrew:
 * The captain, 53-year-old, had been with AeroLine for 28 years; he was one of the airlines most senior pilots with more than 28,700 hours of flight time, of which 6,600 hours had been as a DC-9 captain.
 * The first officer, 45-year-old, had been with the airline for 13 years and had logged more than 5,200 flight hours, including 1,200 in the DC-9.