PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Cor... crash, Feb 12, 2010 (1 killed)
PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Corporation accident on February 12, 2010 near Cascais, Estremadura - Lisbon District, Portugal with 1 fatality. Cause:...
- Date: February 12, 2010
- Aircraft: PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Corporation
- Location: Cascais, Estremadura - Lisbon District, Portugal
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The aircraft was hijacked by an armed passenger who forced the pilot to divert and land.
A GoJump skydiving aircraft was hijacked shortly after takeoff from Evora by a passenger posing as a photographer. He forced the two skydivers out and ordered the pilot to divert to Cascais-Tires, where the aircraft veered off the runway, lost its undercarriage and stopped on grass. The hijacker shot himself and died, and the pilot escaped.