UI Ilyushin Il-86 ,
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Date:Monday 24 December 1990
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic IL86 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Ilyushin Il-86
Owner/operator:Aeroflot
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: None
Category:UI
Location:Adler/Sochi Airport (AER) -   Russia
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Moskva (unknown airport)
Destination airport:Adler/Sochi Airport (AER/URSS)
Narrative:
A hijack attempt aboard an Ilyushin 86 on a domestic flight with 351 passengers failed when the hijacker was arrested. The aircraft was en route from Moscow to Sochi when a passenger demanded that the plane refuel at Sochi and fly to London, England. Upon landing at Sochi, the hijacker was seized by a Soviet commando team.

Sources:

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

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