ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322887
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| Date: | Friday 7 February 2003 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Airbus A310-304 |
| Owner/operator: | THY Turkish Airlines |
| Registration: | TC-JDA |
| MSN: | 496 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
| Engine model: | General Electric CF6-80C2A2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 229 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Istanbul-Atatürk Airport (IST) -
 Turkey
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Ankara-Esenboga Airport (ESB/LTAC) |
| Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport (IST/LTBA) |
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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