ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-24 registration unknown Ivano-Frankovsk Airport (IFO)
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Status:
Date:Saturday 21 January 1989
Type:Silhouette image of generic AN24 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Antonov An-24
Operator:Aeroflot
Registration: registration unknown
MSN:
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: None
Location:Ivano-Frankovsk Airport (IFO) (   Ukraine)
Phase: Taxi (TXI)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Ivano-Frankovsk Airport (IFO/UKLI), Ukraine
Destination airport:Kiev (unknown airport), Ukraine
Narrative:
As the An-24 airliner started to taxi onto the runway at Ivano-Frankovsk, Ukraine, a passenger attempted to hijack the aircraft. Armed with a lit homemade torch, the passenger demanded that the plane fly abroad. Two passengers and the pilot were reportedly burned by the fire. The crew was able to overpower the hijacker.

Classification:
Hijack

Sources:
» Criminal Acts against Civil Aviation: 1989 / FAA


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