| Date: | Sunday 22 October 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-321 |
| Owner/operator: | Türk Hava Yollari - THY |
| Registration: | TC-JAM |
| MSN: | 17607/121 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 76 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport (SOF) -
 Bulgaria
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport (IST/LTBA) |
| Ankara (unknown airport) |
Four hijackers demanded the release of prisoners. The hijackers surrendered in Sofia. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Sources:
Milliyet 23-10-1972
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