Narrative:
One of the crew members and a passenger drew guns and forced the pilot to fly to Italy. The hijackers wanted to escape the Communist regime in Yugoslavia.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 4 June 1948 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47 (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Jugoslovenske Sovjet Transport Aviacija - JUSTA |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| MSN: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 22 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 28 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Bari ( Italy)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Beograd-Dojno Polje Airport, Serbia |
| Sarajevo Airport (SJJ/LQSA), Bosnia and Herzegovina |
One of the crew members and a passenger drew guns and forced the pilot to fly to Italy. The hijackers wanted to escape the Communist regime in Yugoslavia.
Sources:
» De T?d, 4 June 1948Photos
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 Beograd-Dojno Polje Airport to Sarajevo Airport as the crow flies is 196 km (123 miles).
Distance from Beograd-Dojno Polje Airport to Sarajevo Airport as the crow flies is 196 km (123 miles).
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