
Narrative:
THY Flight 160 was hijacked by a man, shortly after takeoff from Istanbul. He wanted to be flown to Germany, but the plane first landed at Athens around 23:59 to refuel. After releasing all of the passengers, he reportedly tried to keep the pilots aboard but finally surrendered. Turkish police said the 20-year-old hijacker had been hoping to fly to Germany to join his birth father after a dispute with his stepfather in Turkey.
» Hürriyet
» BBC
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 28 March 2003 |
| Type: |  Airbus A310-304 |
| Operator: | THY Turkish Airlines |
| Registration: | TC-JCZ |
| MSN: | 480 |
| First flight: | 1988-04-06 (15 years) |
| Engines: | 2 General Electric CF6-80C2A2 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 196 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 204 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Istanbul ( Turkey)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport (IST/LTBA), Turkey |
| Ankara-Esenboga Airport (ESB/LTAC), Turkey | |
| Flightnumber: | TK160 |
THY Flight 160 was hijacked by a man, shortly after takeoff from Istanbul. He wanted to be flown to Germany, but the plane first landed at Athens around 23:59 to refuel. After releasing all of the passengers, he reportedly tried to keep the pilots aboard but finally surrendered. Turkish police said the 20-year-old hijacker had been hoping to fly to Germany to join his birth father after a dispute with his stepfather in Turkey.
Classification:
HijackSources:
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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 Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport to Ankara-Esenboga Airport as the crow flies is 363 km (227 miles).
Distance from Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport to Ankara-Esenboga Airport as the crow flies is 363 km (227 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.
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