26 Mar Ilyushin Il-86 – A psychiatric patient threw a petrol bomb, which caused an on-board fire. An emergency landing was made at Sverdlovsk. Continue reading
26 Mar Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules – CP-1564 Shot down by a SAM missile, while in cruise flight at FL170. Continue reading
26 Mar Yakovlev Yak-42 – An attempt to hijack an Aeroflot Yakovlev 42 aircraft, on a domestic flight from Moscow to Naberezhnye Chelny Airport, failed when the ... Continue reading
26 Mar Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante – Three armed men hijacked TABA Flight 835, a twin turboprop aircraft, during a domestic flight, The hijackers released the two crew memb... Continue reading
26 Mar Antonov An-24 – A male passenger aboard an Aeroflot Antonov 24 aircraft, demanded to be flown to Sweden during a domestic flight from Arkhangelsk to Le... Continue reading
26 Mar Antonov An-12BP – YI-AFJ The An-12 transport plane was destroyed by a 1000lb bomb dropped by an RAF Buccaneer aircraft. It was on the ground at what was known a... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 747-136 – G-AWND The aircraft was at Kuwait Airport during the Iraqi invasion of August 2, 1990 and blown up by Iraqi forces when allied forced interven... Continue reading
26 Mar de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 – HK-2758 The Twin Otter was seized by guerrillas soon after landing. After all 22 passengers had been allowed to disembark, the guerrillas set f... Continue reading
26 Mar Airbus A300C4-620 – 9K-AHF On August 2, 1990 Iraqi forces occupied Kuwait. They seized ten commercial aircraft belonging to Kuwait Airways: two Boeing 767s, three... Continue reading
26 Mar Airbus A300C4-620 – 9K-AHG On August 2, 1990 Iraqi forces occupied Kuwait. They seized ten commercial aircraft belonging to Kuwait Airways: two Boeing 767s, three... Continue reading