Narrative:
An Aeroflot flight from Leningrad to Moscow was hijacked by a passenger who demanded to be flown to Stockholm.
The flight crew decided to return to Leningrad.
The hijacker set off an explosive device when the landing gear was lowered, killing the flight engineer and himself.
A hole was blown in the right side of the fuselage but the aircraft landed safely.
Forced landing on runway
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accident date: 23-04-1973
type: Tupolev Tu-104B
registration: CCCP-42505
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 23 April 1973 |
| Time: | 15:06 |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-104B |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Northern Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-42505 |
| MSN: | 021903 |
| First flight: | 1960 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 17095 |
| Cycles: | 10698 |
| Engines: | 2 Mikulin AM-3M-500 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 51 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 57 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Leningrad-Shosseynaya Airport (LED) ( Russia)
|
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Leningrad-Shosseynaya Airport (LED/ULLI), Russia |
| Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO/UUEE), Russia | |
| Flightnumber: | 2420 |
An Aeroflot flight from Leningrad to Moscow was hijacked by a passenger who demanded to be flown to Stockholm.
The flight crew decided to return to Leningrad.
The hijacker set off an explosive device when the landing gear was lowered, killing the flight engineer and himself.
A hole was blown in the right side of the fuselage but the aircraft landed safely.
Classification:
HijackForced landing on runway
Sources:
» airdisaster.ru» Soviet Transports
» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
Photos
accident date: 23-04-1973
type: Tupolev Tu-104B
registration: CCCP-42505
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 Leningrad-Shosseynaya Airport to Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport as the crow flies is 595 km (372 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Leningrad-Shosseynaya Airport to Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport as the crow flies is 595 km (372 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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