Hijacking description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 13 JUL 1956 |
| Type: | Lisunov Li-2T |
| Operator: | Malev Hungarian Airlines |
| Registration: | HA-LIG |
| C/n / msn: | 18426601 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Ingolstadt AB (Germany) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Budapest-Ferihegy Airport (BUD/LHBP), Hungary |
| Szombathely Airport (LHSY), Hungary |
Seven hijackers demanded to be taken to West Germany.
Sources:
» Albin Szuromi
» E-mail Ivan Rado, 15-2-2007
Photos
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 Budapest-Ferihegy Airport to Szombathely Airport as the crow flies is 197 km (123 miles).
Distance from Budapest-Ferihegy Airport to Szombathely Airport as the crow flies is 197 km (123 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.
