Hijacking description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 21 JUL 1981 |
| Type: |  Antonov 24B |
| Operator: | LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze |
| Registration: | SP-LTI |
| C/n / msn: | 67302506 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Berlin-Tegel Airport (TXL) (Germany)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Katowice-Pyrzowice Airport (KTW/EPKT), Poland |
| Gdansk-Rebiechowo Airport (GDN/EPGD), Poland |
One hijacker demanded to be taken to West Germany. Hijacker surrendered. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Events:
Sources:
» Photo of hijacked AN-24 at Tempelhof
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 Katowice-Pyrzowice Airport to Gdansk-Rebiechowo Airport as the crow flies is 433 km (271 miles).
Distance from Katowice-Pyrzowice Airport to Gdansk-Rebiechowo Airport as the crow flies is 433 km (271 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.
