Date: | Tuesday 21 July 1981 |
Time: | |
Type: | Antonov An-24V |
Owner/operator: | LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze |
Registration: | SP-LTI |
MSN: | 67302506 |
Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Berlin-Tempelhof Airport -
Germany
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Katowice-Pyrzowice Airport (KTW/EPKT) |
Destination airport: | Gdansk-Rebiechowo Airport (GDN/EPGD) |
Narrative:About 5 minutes after departing Katowice the hijacker, armed with a pistol and what was later determined to be a dummy hand grenade, threatened a flight attendant and demanded to be flown to West Berlin. The aircraft landed at Tempelhof Airport. The hijacker was taken into custody by U.S. authorities and a short time later was turned over the German authorities
in West Berlin. Sentenced in West Berlin to 5 years in prison for air piracy.
Sources:
Photo of hijacked AN-24 at Tempelhof
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
5 August 1981 |
SP-LTI |
LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze |
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Gdansk Airport (GDN) |
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