ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 319505
| Date: | Tuesday 22 January 2019 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-8LJ (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot Russian International Airlines |
| Registration: | VP-BRR |
| MSN: | 41197/4710 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B26E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 76 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Khanty-Mansiysk International Airport (HMA) -
 Russia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Surgut Airport (SGC/USRR) |
| Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO/UUEE) | |
| Confidence Rating: |
Aeroflot flight 1515, a Boeing 737-800, made an emergency landing at Khanty-Mansiysk International Airport, Russia, after a passenger attempted to hijack the aircraft.
The flight had departed Surgut at 09:55 UTC. While en route to Moscow at FL340, a 41-year old male passenger claiming to be armed ordered the flight crew to divert to Afghanistan. At 10:22 UTC the pilots squawked 7600 (lost communications) on their transponder.
The aircraft landed safely at Khanty-Mansiysk at 11:17 UTC. After landing, security forces stormed the plane and detained the man. He was in a state of intoxication; he was not armed.
On August 28, 2019, the Ugra court sentenced the hijacker to compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital.
Sources:
Aeroflot
e1.ru
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