Date: | Thursday 30 August 1990 |
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Type: | Antonov An-2 |
Owner/operator: | Aeroflot |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Livny -
Russia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
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Destination airport: | |
Narrative:An attempt to hijack an An-2 on a domestic flight failed when the hijacker was overpowered. The hijacker had entered the cockpit wielding a knife and demanded the flight be diverted to Afghanistan.
The aircraft instead landed at Livny where the hijacker was arrested.
Sources:
Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1991 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
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