Narrative:
While en route the hijacker held a knife to the throat of a female passenger and demanded to be flown to West Berlin. By changing direction several times, the pilot tricked the hijacker into thinking they had landed there. They actually landed at Warsaw where the Polish police boarded and took the hijacker into custody.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 11 August 1981 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-24V |
| Operator: | LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze |
| Registration: | SP-LTT |
| MSN: | 97305701 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Katowice-Pyrzowice Airport (KTW) ( Poland)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Katowice-Pyrzowice Airport (KTW/EPKT), Poland |
| Gdansk-Rebiechowo Airport (GDN/EPGD), Poland |
While en route the hijacker held a knife to the throat of a female passenger and demanded to be flown to West Berlin. By changing direction several times, the pilot tricked the hijacker into thinking they had landed there. They actually landed at Warsaw where the Polish police boarded and took the hijacker into custody.
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 Katowice-Pyrzowice Airport to Gdansk-Rebiechowo Airport as the crow flies is 433 km (271 miles).
Distance from Katowice-Pyrzowice Airport to Gdansk-Rebiechowo Airport as the crow flies is 433 km (271 miles).
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