Hijacking description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 29 APR 1949 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Operator: | Transporturile Aeriene Romano-Sovietice - TARS |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Thessaloniki Airport (SKG) (Greece) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Timisoara Airport (TSR/LRTR), Romania |
| Bucharest-Baneasa Airport (BBU/LRBS), Romania |
One hijacker demanded to be taken to Greece. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Timisoara Airport to Bucharest-Baneasa Airport as the crow flies is 398 km (249 miles).
Distance from Timisoara Airport to Bucharest-Baneasa Airport as the crow flies is 398 km (249 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.
