Date: | Friday 16 November 1990 |
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Type: | Tupolev Tu-134 |
Owner/operator: | Aeroflot |
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MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Tallinn-Ülemiste Airport (TLL) -
Estonia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Tallinn-Ülemiste Airport (TLL/EETN) |
Destination airport: | Moskva (unknown airport) |
Narrative:An attempt to hijack an Aeroflot domestic flight to Sweden failed when the aircraft landed in Tallinn.. The Tupolev 134 with 64 passengers was on a flight between Tallinn and Moscow when a lone hijacker attempted to commandeer the plane. Upon landing, he was arrested by Soviet authorities.
Sources:
Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1991 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
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