Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 07 FEB 2003 |
| Type: | Airbus A310-304 |
| Operator: | THY Turkish Airlines |
| Registration: | TC-JDA |
| C/n / msn: | 496 |
| First flight: | 1989-02-20 (13 years 12 months) |
| Engines: | 2 General Electric CF6-80C2A2 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 222 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 229 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Istanbul-Atatürk Airport (IST) (Turkey) |
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Ankara-Esenboga Airport (ESB/LTAC), Turkey |
| Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport (IST/LTBA), Turkey | |
| Flightnumber: | 143 |
The hijacker took two flight attendants hostage after the plane from Ankara landed in Istanbul. He told them he had explosives and asked to be flown to Russia to see his girlfriend. 1 hijacker demanded to be taken to Moscow. Plane stormed/hijacker arrested.
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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 Ankara-Esenboga Airport to Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport as the crow flies is 363 km (227 miles).
Distance from Ankara-Esenboga Airport to Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport as the crow flies is 363 km (227 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Networks opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
