| Date: | Thursday 15 October 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-24B |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Georgia |
| Registration: | CCCP-46256 |
| MSN: | 77303404 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-24 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 60 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Trabzon Airport (TZX) -
 Türkiye
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Batumi-Chorokh Airport (BUS/UGSB) |
| Sukhumi Airport (SUI/UGSS) |
Two hijackers demanded to be taken to Turkey. Hijackers surrendered. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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