Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 29 MAY 1978 |
| Type: | Yakovlev 40 |
| Operator: | CSA Ceskoslovenské Aerolinie |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 3 Ivchenko AI-25 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Prague (Czech Republic) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Brno Turany Airport (BRQ/LKTB), Czech Republic |
| Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV/LKKV), Czech Republic |
One hijacker demanded to be taken to West Germany. Hijacker taken down. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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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 Brno Turany Airport to Karlovy Vary Airport as the crow flies is 294 km (184 miles).
Distance from Brno Turany Airport to Karlovy Vary Airport as the crow flies is 294 km (184 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.
