Narrative:
Four teenagers hijackers the flight. They demanded money and to be taken to Sweden.
The aircraft was stormed by security forces and two hijackers were killed.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 2 November 1973 |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-40 |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Central Region Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-87607 |
| MSN: | 9120618 |
| First flight: | 1971 |
| Engines: | 3 Ivchenko AI-25 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Moscow ( Russia)
|
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Moskva-Bykovo Airport (BKA/UUBB), Russia |
| Bryansk Airport (BZK/UUBP), Russia |
Four teenagers hijackers the flight. They demanded money and to be taken to Sweden.
The aircraft was stormed by security forces and two hijackers were killed.
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 Moskva-Bykovo Airport to Bryansk Airport as the crow flies is 364 km (227 miles).
Distance from Moskva-Bykovo Airport to Bryansk Airport as the crow flies is 364 km (227 miles).
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