Date: | Wednesday 29 March 1989 |
Time: | |
Type: | Tupolev Tu-154B-2 |
Owner/operator: | Malev Hungarian Airlines |
Registration: | HA-LCN |
MSN: | 79A326 |
Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
Engine model: | Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 116 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) -
Germany
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Praha-Ruzyne International Airport (PRG/LKPR) |
Destination airport: | Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM) |
Narrative:Malev Flight 640 was being prepared for departure from Prague, Czechoslovakia for a flight to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, when two Czechoslovak teenagers entered the airplane. The youths were armed with a sawed-off carbine, a sawed-off shotgun and a box of ammunition.
The Hungarian Consul in Prague negotiated the release of 100 passengers and in exchange, remained on board the aircraft as a hostage with the remaining passengers and crew. The hijackers initially demanded to be flown to the United States. They surrendered after the aircraft landed at Frankfurt International Airport, Germany.
Sources:
E-mail Ivan Rado, 12-2-2007
De Telegraaf 30-03-1989
Criminal Acts against Civil Aviation: 1989 / FAA
Images:
photo (c) U.S. Department of Defense; Frankfurt International Airport (FRA); 29 March 1989
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