Détails:
Aeroflot flight 57 departed Vilnius on a domestic service to Kaunas and Palanga. The IL-14 aircraft was hijacked about twenty minutes after takeoff from Kaunas. The hijackers, husband and wife, had 3 liters of petrol and 5 litres of kerosene which they poured in the cabin and cockpit, threatening to ignite it. They demanded to be flown to Gotland (Sweden) in order to escape from the USSR. The flight crew managed to restrain the hijackers and land safely in Palanga.
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | vendredi 13 novembre 1970 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Iliouchine Il-14M |
| Compagnie: | Aeroflot / Lithuania |
| Immatriculation: | CCCP-52054 |
| Numéro de série: | 7342803 |
| Année de Fabrication: | |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 42 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Aucun |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Palanga Airport (PLQ) ( Lithuanie)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Kaunas/Aleksotas-S. Darius and S. Girenas Airport (EYKS), Lithuanie |
| Palanga Airport (PLQ/EYPA), Lithuanie |
Aeroflot flight 57 departed Vilnius on a domestic service to Kaunas and Palanga. The IL-14 aircraft was hijacked about twenty minutes after takeoff from Kaunas. The hijackers, husband and wife, had 3 liters of petrol and 5 litres of kerosene which they poured in the cabin and cockpit, threatening to ignite it. They demanded to be flown to Gotland (Sweden) in order to escape from the USSR. The flight crew managed to restrain the hijackers and land safely in Palanga.
Sources:
» Lithuanian population escapes and attempts to escape from the Soviet UnionPhotos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Kaunas/Aleksotas-S. Darius and S. Girenas Airport et Palanga Airport est de 212 km (133 miles).
La distance entre Kaunas/Aleksotas-S. Darius and S. Girenas Airport et Palanga Airport est de 212 km (133 miles).
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