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Status:
Date:Tuesday 14 November 1978
Type:unknown
Operator:Aeroflot
Registration: registration unknown
MSN:
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:at an unknown location (   Unknown country)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Krasnodar Airport (KRR/URKK), Russia
Destination airport:Baku-Bina International Airport (BAK/UBBB), Azerbaijan
Narrative:
An armed man attempted to hijack an Aeroflot flight from Krasnodar to Baku. Security guards intervened and killed the hijacker.
Soviet state media first reported on the hijacking on November 15, 1978.

Classification:
Hijack


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Distance from Krasnodar Airport to Baku-Bina International Airport as the crow flies is 1015 km (634 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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