Date: | Saturday 26 September 1981 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing 727-2H9 |
Owner/operator: | Jugoslovenski Aerotransport - JAT |
Registration: | YU-AKF |
MSN: | 21038/1118 |
Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 107 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Larnaca Airport (LCA) -
Cyprus
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Titograd Airport (TGD/LYPG) |
Destination airport: | Beograd Airport (BEG/LYBE) |
Narrative:Three Croatians were armed with a pistol and a knife hijacked the domestic flight. They demanded to be taken to Israel. At Larnaca passengers staged a mock fire alarm and escaped while the plane was on the ground.
The aircraft operated on a flight from Titograd to Belgrade. The hijacking occurred shortly after an unscheduled stop at Dubrovnik Airport to pick up high ranking officials after an international conference.
Sources:
New York Times, September 28, 1981
Images:
photo (c) Aeronautical museum - Belgrade; Airport Nikola Tesla Belgrade
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