Narrative:
A male passenger on board the YAK-42 aircraft demanded to be taken to Baghdad, Iraq. The passenger displayed ampules liquid which he claimed contained acid. After breaking a water bottle and threatening a flight attendant he was overpowered and immoblized by crew members and other passengers.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 13 August 1992 |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-42 |
| Operator: | Lvovskie avialinii |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| MSN: | |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 3 Lotarev D-36 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 88 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Lviv-Snilow Airport (LWO) ( Ukraine)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Simferopol Airport (SIP/UKFF), Russia |
| Lviv-Snilow Airport (LWO/UKLL), Ukraine |
A male passenger on board the YAK-42 aircraft demanded to be taken to Baghdad, Iraq. The passenger displayed ampules liquid which he claimed contained acid. After breaking a water bottle and threatening a flight attendant he was overpowered and immoblized by crew members and other passengers.
Classification:
HijackSources:
» Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1992 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation SecurityPhotos
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 Simferopol Airport to Lviv-Snilow Airport as the crow flies is 913 km (571 miles).
Distance from Simferopol Airport to Lviv-Snilow Airport as the crow flies is 913 km (571 miles).
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