Date: | Sunday 19 October 1969 |
Time: | |
Type: | Ilyushin Il-18B |
Owner/operator: | LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 61 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Berlin-Tegel Airport (TXL) -
Germany
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW/EPWA) |
Destination airport: | Berlin-Schönefeld Airport (SXF/EDDB) |
Narrative:The Il-18 aircraft was on its way from Warsaw, Poland, to Brussels, Belgium via Berlin-Schönefeld Airport when the aircraft was hijacked and made to land at Berlin-Tegel Airport at 13.55. After three hours on the ground the aircraft left for Schönefeld.
Both male hijackers were from East Germany and requested asylum in West Berlin.
Sources:
Algemeen Handelsblad 20-10-1969 West Germany: West Berlin: East Berliners Hijack Polish Airliner To French West Sector (British Pathé) Location
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