Originally Posted by
IcePaq
I'm sure at least one "unruly passenger" who decided to "jump" maybe was helped in leaving the plane..
One case where the pax got a power assist leaving the aircraft in flight was the Y2K hijacking of Philippine 812.
Filipino Hijacker Dies After Parachute Fails
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MAY 26, 2000
A man wearing a homemade parachute was killed on Thursday when he jumped from a Philippine Airlines jet near Manila after robbing the other 290 people aboard.
Soldiers recovered the body of the man, identified as Augusto Lakandula, early this morning in a heavily forested area, Gen. Jose Lachica said, but the bag of money he collected on the plane was not with him.
Officials theorized that the parachute opened but then failed.
Minutes before the jet was scheduled to land in Manila, the man announced that it was being hijacked, passengers said. Armed with a grenade and a pistol, he ordered the pilot to return to Davao in the southern Philippines, about 600 miles from Manila. The pilot responded told the hijacker there was not enough fuel.
''I don't think there's any political implications there,'' said Emmanuel Generoso, one of three pilots on the jet. ''He had family problems; he needed the money.''
The plane was depressurized to permit the hijacker to jump while it circled 28 miles from Manila at 6,000 feet. A flight attendant said she opened the door and even had to push the man out.
Filipino Hijacker Dies After Parachute Fails - The New York Times
The captain's name on this ill-fated parachute getaway hijacking was Geronimo:
The plane's co-pilot Carlos Neri said the hijacker was able to enter the cockpit by threatening to shoot a flight attendant if command pilot Capt. Emmanuel Geronimo would not open the door.
Hijacker jumps off PAL jet after robbery | Headlines, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com