| Date: | Wednesday 30 June 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju-52 |
| Owner/operator: | TABSO |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Istanbul -
 Türkiye
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Varna Airport (VAR/LBWN) |
| Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport (SOF/LBSF) |
Anti-Communists hijacked the plane and commandeered it to Istanbul. The pilot was killed in the struggle.
Sources:
Trouw 1 July 1948
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