Narrative:
An attempt to hijack an An-2 on a domestic flight failed when the hijacker was overpowered. The hijacker had entered the cockpit wielding a knife and demanded the flight be diverted to Afghanistan.
The aircraft instead landed at Livny where the hijacker was arrested.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 30 August 1990 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2 |
| Operator: | Aeroflot |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| MSN: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Livny ( Russia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
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An attempt to hijack an An-2 on a domestic flight failed when the hijacker was overpowered. The hijacker had entered the cockpit wielding a knife and demanded the flight be diverted to Afghanistan.
The aircraft instead landed at Livny where the hijacker was arrested.
Classification:
HijackSources:
» Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1991 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation SecurityPhotos
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