Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 11 August 1981
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-24V
Owner/operator: LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze
Registration Number: SP-LTT
Location: Katowice-Pyrzowice Airport (KTW) –
ÿ Poland
Phase of Flight: En route
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: Aircraft navigation and flight control systems.Aircraft navigation and flight control systems.
Category: Unlawful Interference
A pilot orchestrated a complex deception during an en route flight, leading to a hijacking where the aircraft landed in Warsaw, Poland, and the hijacker was apprehended by Polish authorities.A pilot orchestrated a complex deception during an en route flight, leading to a hijacking where the aircraft landed in Warsaw, Poland, and the hijacker was apprehended by Polish authorities.
Description
While en route the hijacker held a knife to the throat of a female passenger and demanded to be flown to West Berlin. By changing direction several times, the pilot tricked the hijacker into thinking they had landed there. They actually landed at Warsaw where the Polish police boarded and took the hijacker into custody.
Primary Cause
Pilot deception and hijacking.Pilot deception and hijacking.Share on:
