Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 29 MAR 1989 |
| Type: | Tupolev 154B-2 |
| Operator: | Malev Hungarian Airlines |
| Registration: | HA-LCN |
| C/n / msn: | 79A-326 |
| First flight: | 1979 |
| Engines: | 3 Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 116 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Frankfurt (Germany) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Praha-Ruzyne International Airport (PRG/LKPR), Czech Republic |
| Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM), Netherlands | |
| Flightnumber: | 640 |
Two 2 Czechoslovak teenagers hijacked the plane and demanded to be taken to the USA. Hijackers surrendered. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day. Flight route Budapest-Prague-Amsterdam.
Events:
Sources:
» E-mail Ivan Rado, 12-2-2007
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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 Praha-Ruzyne International Airport to Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport as the crow flies is 700 km (437 miles).
Distance from Praha-Ruzyne International Airport to Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport as the crow flies is 700 km (437 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.
