ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327776
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Date: | Thursday 14 October 1982 |
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Type: | Tupolev Tu-134A |
Owner/operator: | Balkan Bulgarian Airlines |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Wien-Schwechat Airport (VIE) -
Austria
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Bourgas Airport (BOJ/LBBG) |
Destination airport: | Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW/EPWA) |
Narrative:While en route between Bourgas Airport (BOJ) and Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW) two passengers stood up and held a straight razor to the throat of a flight attendant and commandeered the aircraft. They demanded to be flown to West Germany but agreed to a landing at Vienna, Austria, when told there was a shortage of fuel. The flight attendant was cut slightly with the razor during the flight. Upon landing they surrendered to Austrian authorities.
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