| Date: | Friday 8 January 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lisunov Li-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Estonia |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Tallinn-Ülemiste Airport (TLL) -
 Estonia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Tallinn-Ülemiste Airport (TLL/EETN) |
| Leningrad-Shosseynaya Airport (LED/ULLI) |
The Li-2 was hijacked by a man in a Soviet Air Force uniform and a woman. Both had guns and the woman had a knife.
The flight engineer attempted to overpower the hijackers, but was killed by gunfire. Other crew members did succeed in overpowering the two. The aircraft turned back to Tallinn.
Sources:
Soviet terrorists. More than 50 hijackings
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