Date: | Monday 7 March 1983 |
Time: | |
Type: | Antonov An-24V |
Owner/operator: | Balkan Bulgarian Airlines |
Registration: | LZ-AND |
MSN: | 77303301 |
Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Varna Airport (VAR) -
Bulgaria
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport (SOF/LBSF) |
Destination airport: | Varna Airport (VAR/LBWN) |
Narrative:Four hijackers armed with knives demanded to go to Austria, however, the pilot tricked them into believing the plane was landing in Austria by flying over the Black Sea in circles and landing at the partially darkened Varna Airport, Bulgaria after sunset. One of the hijackers was reportedly killed by on board security personnel when he threatened a stewardess with a knife.
The other three hijackers were arrested by the security personnel.
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