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) |
Destination airport: | Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO/UUEE) |
Confidence Rating: | |
Narrative: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:
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