Date:	Tuesday 16 September 1969
Time:
Type:	Vickers 794D Viscount
Owner/operator:	Türk Hava Yollari - THY
Registration:	TC-SEC
MSN:	246
Year of manufacture:	1958
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 61
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	UI
Location:	Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport (SOF) -   Bulgaria
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport (IST/LTBA)
Destination airport:	Ankara-Esenboga Airport (ESB/LTAC)

Narrative:
Two passengers hijacked the domestic THY flight shortly after takeoff from Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport (IST) at 12:35. They demanded to be flown to Sofia, Bulgaria were the plane landed at 14:30.

Firuz Altingoz (E-mail 4-12-2009)
The Bryan Times - Sep 17, 1969

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