Hijacking description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 OCT 1972 |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-321 |
| Operator: | Türk Hava Yollari - THY |
| Registration: | TC-JAM |
| C/n / msn: | 17607/121 |
| First flight: | 1960 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 67 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 76 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport (SOF) (Bulgaria) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport (IST/LTBA), Turkey |
| Ankara (unknown airport), Turkey | |
| Flightnumber: | 102 |
Four hijackers demanded the release of prisoners. The hijackers surrendered in Sofia. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Events:
Sources:
» Milliyet 23-10-1972
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Networks opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
