| Date: | Thursday 19 December 1985 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-24B |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-47845 |
| MSN: | 17307407 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-24 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 43 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | near Gannan, Heilongjiang -
 China
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Nerchinskiy Zavod |
| Irkutsk Airport (IKT/UIII) |
While enroute, a lone armed man demanded the plane's course be changed. Reportedly, due to a lack of fuel, the plane landed in a pasture near Gannan, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China. The hijacker was taken into custody by Chinese authorities. The aircraft with 39 passengers and 4 crew was returned to the USSR.
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org
russianplanes.net
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