Status: | |
Datum: | Sonntag 19 Oktober 1969 |
Flugzeugtyp: | Ilyuschin Il-18B |
Fluggesellschaft: | LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze |
Kennzeichen: | registration unknown |
Werknummer: | |
Baujahr: | 1966 |
Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 61 |
Sachschaden: | nicht beschädigt |
Unfallort: | Berlin-Tegel Airport (TXL) ( Deutschland)
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Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
Betriebsart: | Internationaler Linienflug |
Flug von: | Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW/EPWA), Polen |
Flug nach: | Berlin-Schönefeld Airport (SXF/EDDB), Deutschland |
Unfallbericht:The Il-18 aircraft was on its way from Warsaw, Poland, to Brussels, Belgium via Berlin-Schönefeld Airport when the aircraft was hijacked and made to land at Berlin-Tegel Airport at 13.55. After three hours on the ground the aircraft left for Schönefeld.
Both male hijackers were from East Germany and requested asylum in West Berlin.
Informationsquelle:
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Algemeen Handelsblad 20-10-1969»
West Germany: West Berlin: East Berliners Hijack Polish Airliner To French West Sector (British Pathé)
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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 Warszawa-Okecie Airport to Berlin-Schönefeld Airport as the crow flies is 503 km (314 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.