| Date: | Friday 5 September 1958 |
| Time: | 12:52 |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-14P |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Estonia |
| Registration: | CCCP-L2048 |
| MSN: | 705101 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1195 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 17 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Jõhvi -
 Estonia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Leningrad-Shosseynaya Airport (LED/ULLI) |
| Tallinn-Ülemiste Airport (TLL/EETN) |
The aircraft was hijacked some 30 minutes after take-off from Leningrad. The hijacker made use of home-made explosives, setting off a fire in the cabin. The crew managed to make an emergency landing at Jõhvi, Estonia.
All occupants except for the hijacker were able to get out before the fuselage burned out.
Sources:
airdisaster.ru
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