| Date: | Thursday 4 December 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-24V |
| Owner/operator: | LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze |
| Registration: | SP-LTB |
| MSN: | 67302205 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-24 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Berlin-Tempelhof Airport -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG/EPZG) |
| Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW/EPWA) |
Shortly after takeoff, the hijacker armed with what appeared to be a hand grenade demanded to be flown to West Berlin. The aircraft landed at Tempelhof Airport, West Berlin where the hijacker was taken Into custody by West Berlin authorities. He
requested political asylum. Sentenced to 4 years for air piracy.
Sources:
Miklos Szabo
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 November 1969 | SP-LTB | LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze | 0 | Wien-Schwechat Airport (VIE) |  |
non |
| Hijack | ||||||
| 10 January 1981 | SP-LTB | LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze | 0 | Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW) |  |
non |
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