Date: | Monday 24 December 1990 |
Time: | |
Type: | Ilyushin Il-86 |
Owner/operator: | Aeroflot |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Adler/Sochi Airport (AER) -
Russia
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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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