| Date: | Wednesday 30 August 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-134 |
| Owner/operator: | LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze |
| Registration: | SP-LGC |
| MSN: | 9350804 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (THF) -
 Germany
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Gdansk-Rebiechowo Airport (GDN/EPGD) |
| Berlin-Schönefeld Airport (SXF/EDDB) |
A hijacker armed with a starter pistol demanded to be taken to Tempelhof Airport in West Berlin. The flight landed at Tempelhof where hijacker and eight other passengers asked for political asylum.
Sources:
Miklos Szabo
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