Hijacking description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 20 NOV 1969 |
| Type: | Antonov 24 |
| Operator: | LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 22 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Wien-Schwechat Airport (VIE) (Austria) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Wroclaw-Strachowice Airport (WRO/EPWR), Poland |
| Bratislava-Ivanka Airport (BTS/LZIB), Slovakia |
Two hijackers demanded to be taken to Vienna, Austria. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Sources:
» Arbeiter-Zeitung, 21-11-1969
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 Wroclaw-Strachowice Airport to Bratislava-Ivanka Airport as the crow flies is 325 km (203 miles).
Distance from Wroclaw-Strachowice Airport to Bratislava-Ivanka Airport as the crow flies is 325 km (203 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.
