UI Tupolev Tu-154 ,
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Date:Sunday 7 June 1992
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic T154 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Tupolev Tu-154
Owner/operator:Aeroflot Russian International Airlines
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 115
Aircraft damage: None
Category:UI
Location:Moscow-Vnukovo Airport (VNO) -   Russia
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Grozny Airport (GRV/URMG)
Destination airport:Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW)
Narrative:
An Aeroflot Tupolev 154 aircraft with 115 passengers was hijacked en route from Groznyy to Moscow. The lone hijacker was armed with a hand grenade and demanded to be taken to Turkey. The aircraft landed at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport where the hijacker was shot and killed by Russian security forces. There were no injuries to passengers or crew.

Sources:

Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1992 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security

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