ASN Aircraft accident unknown registration unknown Frunze Airport
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Status:
Date:Sunday 2 September 1990
Type:unknown
Operator:Aeroflot
Registration: registration unknown
MSN:
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:Frunze Airport (   Russia)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Karakol International Airport (UAFP), Kyrgyzstan
Destination airport:Frunze Airport, Russia
Narrative:
Two men entered the cockpit of an Aeroflot aircraft, threatened the pilots with knives and explosives, and demanded to be flown to South Africa. The aircraft was on a domestic flight from Przhevalsk to Frunze when the incident occurred. The hijackers were overpowered and arrested. One of the hijackers stabbed himself during his arrest and required hospitalization. No explosives were found.

Classification:
Hijack

Sources:
» Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1991 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security


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