Hijacking description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 MAY 1989 |
| Type: | Yakovlev 40 |
| Operator: | CSA Ceskoslovenské Aerolinie |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 3 Ivchenko AI-25 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | at an unknown location () |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Praha-Ruzyne International Airport (PRG/LKPR), Czech Republic |
| Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV/LKKV), Czech Republic |
Hijacker(s) demanded to be taken to the West. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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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 Karlovy Vary Airport as the crow flies is 96 km (60 miles).
Distance from Praha-Ruzyne International Airport to Karlovy Vary Airport as the crow flies is 96 km (60 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.
