| Date: | Friday 10 November 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-24B |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, North Kavkaz Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-46789 |
| MSN: | 57301802 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-24 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Makhachkala Airport (MCX) -
 Russia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Grozny Airport (GRV/URMG) |
| Baku-Bina International Airport (BAK/UBBB) |
While en route between Groznyy and Baku, a passenger attempted to hijack the aircraft to Turkey. He injured the flight engineer and was killed himself by a ricochet while firing at the armoured cockpit door. The aircraft managed to land safely at Makhachkala but apparently had sustained some damage as it was written off on 27 February 1979.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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