Hijacking description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 MAR 1952 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47 |
| Operator: | CSA Ceskoslovenské Aerolinie |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Frankfurt (Germany) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Praha-Ruzyne International Airport (PRG/LKPR), Czech Republic |
| Brno Turany Airport (BRQ/LKTB), Czech Republic |
4 hijackers demanded to be taken to Germany. 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 Praha-Ruzyne International Airport to Brno Turany Airport as the crow flies is 203 km (127 miles).
Distance from Praha-Ruzyne International Airport to Brno Turany Airport as the crow flies is 203 km (127 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.
