Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 JUN 1952 |
| Type: | unknown |
| Operator: | Jugoslovenski Aerotransport - JAT |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 22 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 27 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Foligno (Italy) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Zagreb/Lucko Airport (LDZL), Croatia |
| Pula Airport (PUY/LDPL), Croatia |
Three Yugoslavs carrying revolvers took over a JAT plane in flight and forced the crew to fly to Italy.
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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 Zagreb/Lucko Airport to Pula Airport as the crow flies is 179 km (112 miles).
Distance from Zagreb/Lucko Airport to Pula Airport as the crow flies is 179 km (112 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.
