Date: | Saturday 6 May 1978 |
Time: | |
Type: | Ilyushin Il-18 |
Owner/operator: | Aeroflot |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Ashgabat -
Turkmenistan
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Ashgabat Airport (ASB/UTAA) |
Destination airport: | Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV/URMM) |
Narrative:While en route between Ashgabat and Mineralnye Vody, a passenger hijacked the aircraft, demanding to be flown to Tehran, Iran. He threatened the crew with a pistol and a grenade. The co-pilot was shot, after which the security guards killed the hijackers. The plane landed back at the airport of Ashgabat.
The hijacker was armed with a home-made pistol using starter gun ammunition and a wooden training grenade.
Sources:
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