Date: | Thursday 30 August 1990 |
Time: | |
Type: | Yakovlev Yak-42 |
Owner/operator: | Aeroflot |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Engine model: | Lotarev D-36 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Voronezh Airport (VOZ' -
Russia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Moskva (unknown airport) |
Destination airport: | Voronezh Airport (VOZ/UUOO) |
Narrative:An attempt to hijack an Aeroflot Yakovlev 42 failed when the crew landed the aircraft at Voronezh. The aircraft was on a domestic flight from Moscow to Voronezh and was preparing to land when a passenger stopped a flight attendant and demanded to be flown to West Germany. He was arrested upon landing.
Sources:
Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1991 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
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