ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327083
Date: | Thursday 19 December 1985 |
Time: | |
Type: | Antonov An-24B |
Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate |
Registration: | CCCP-47845 |
MSN: | 17307407 |
Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 43 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | near Gannan, Heilongjiang -
China
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Nerchinskiy Zavod |
Destination airport: | Irkutsk Airport (IKT/UIII) |
Narrative:While enroute, a lone armed man demanded the plane's course be changed. Reportedly, due to a lack of fuel, the plane landed in a pasture near Gannan, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China. The hijacker was taken into custody by Chinese authorities. The aircraft with 39 passengers and 4 crew was returned to the USSR.
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