| Date: | Wednesday 3 May 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Owner/operator: | Türk Hava Yollari - THY |
| Registration: | TC-JAB |
| MSN: | 45774/336 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 66 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Sofia -
 Bulgaria
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Ankara (unknown airport) |
| Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport (IST/LTBA) |
Four hijackers demanded release of prisoners. Hijackers surrendered. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Sources:
Abdullah Nergiz (E-mail, 30-6-2010)
Milliyet 4-5-1972
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 January 2002 | N837AT | AirTran Airways | 0 | Washington-Dulles International Airport, DC (IAD) |  |
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