Date:	Thursday 17 October 1996
Time:
Type:	Tupolev Tu-154
Owner/operator:	Aeroflot
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 180
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	Unlawful Interference
Location:	Lagos-Murtala Muhammed Airport (LOS) -   Nigeria
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML)
Destination airport:	Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS/DNMM)

Narrative:
A passenger who had boarded the flight during a stopover at Malta hijacked the plane and demanded to be flown to Germany or South Africa. The hijacker was overpower by two Austrian police officers using pepperspray.

Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1996 / FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security

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