Hijacking description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 25 AUG 1982 |
| Type: | Ilyushin 18E |
| Operator: | LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze |
| Registration: | SP-LSI |
| C/n / msn: | 186008905 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Munich (Germany) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Budapest-Ferihegy Airport (BUD/LHBP), Hungary |
| Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW/EPWA), Poland |
Two hijackers demanded to be taken to West Germany. Hijackers surrendered. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Events:
Sources:
» Miklos Szabo
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 Budapest-Ferihegy Airport to Warszawa-Okecie Airport as the crow flies is 536 km (335 miles).
Distance from Budapest-Ferihegy Airport to Warszawa-Okecie Airport as the crow flies is 536 km (335 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.
