Date:	Thursday 14 March 1991
Time:
Type:	Yakovlev Yak-42
Owner/operator:	Aeroflot
Registration:
MSN:
Engine model:	Lotarev D-36
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	Unlawful Interference
Location:	Moscow -   Russia
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Moskva (unknown airport)
Destination airport:	Begishevo/Naberevnye Chelny Airport (NBC/UWKE)

Narrative:
An attempt to hijack an Aeroflot Yakovlev 42 aircraft, on a domestic flight from Moscow to Naberezhnye Chelny Airport, failed when the hijacker was overpowered by other passengers. The hijacker, a Soviet male carrying a knife and a gas container, was attempting to force his way into the cockpit when he was overpowered. The flight returned to Moscow and the hijacker was arrested.

Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1991 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security

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