ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328654
| Date: | Tuesday 27 February 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-154 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 34 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) -
 Sweden
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Oslo-Fornebu Airport (FBU/ENFB) |
| Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN/ESSA) |
Aeroflot flight 212 was hijacked by four passengers shortly after takeoff from Oslo. They threatened to blow up the plane using glass bottles filled with kerosene. The airplane made a scheduled landing at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) where the hijackers were overpowered by crew members.
Sources:
St. Petersburg Times - Feb 28, 1979
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