Date: | Thursday 14 March 1991 |
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: | Moscow -
Russia
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Moskva (unknown airport) |
Destination airport: | Begishevo/Naberevnye Chelny Airport (NBC/UWKE) |
Narrative:An attempt to hijack an Aeroflot Yakovlev 42 aircraft, on a domestic flight from Moscow to Naberezhnye Chelny Airport, failed when the hijacker was overpowered by other passengers. The hijacker, a Soviet male carrying a knife and a gas container, was attempting to force his way into the cockpit when he was overpowered. The flight returned to Moscow and the hijacker was arrested.
Sources:
Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1991 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
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