Estado: | Preliminar |
Fecha: | martes 3 octubre 2006 |
Hora: | 17:55 |
Tipo: |  Boeing 737-4Y0 |
Operador: | THY Turkish Airlines |
Registración: | TC-JET |
Numéro de série: | 26077/2425 |
Año de Construcción: | 1993-01-20 (13 years 9 months) |
Motores: | 2 CFMI CFM56-3C1 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 6 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 107 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 113 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Ninguno |
Ubicación: | Brindisi-Papola Casale Airport (BDS) ( Italia)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Vuelo Internacional Programado |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Tirana-Rinas Airport (TIA/LATI), Albania |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport (IST/LTBA), Turquía |
Número de Vuelo: | 1476 |
Descripción:Some 15-20 minutes after takeoff from Tirana (TIA) an unarmed 27-year-old Turk hijacked the THY flight. He threatened to blow himself up if the pilot did not divert the flight to Italy. After the plane landed at Brindisi (BDS), he requested political asylum. The man apparently wanted to avoid military service in Turkey.
Fuentes:
» Turkish hijacker threatened to blow himself up (Reuters, 4-10-2006)
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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 Tirana-Rinas Airport to Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport as the crow flies is 757 km (473 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.