ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326383
| Date: | Saturday 21 January 1989 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-24 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Ivano-Frankovsk Airport (IFO) -
 Ukraine
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Ivano-Frankovsk Airport (IFO/UKLI) |
| Kiev (unknown airport) |
As the An-24 airliner started to taxi onto the runway at Ivano-Frankovsk, Ukraine, a passenger attempted to hijack the aircraft. Armed with a lit homemade torch, the passenger demanded that the plane fly abroad. Two passengers and the pilot were reportedly burned by the fire. The crew was able to overpower the hijacker.
Sources:
Criminal Acts against Civil Aviation: 1989 / FAA
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