Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 5 July 1983
Aircraft Type: Tupolev Tu-134
Owner/operator: Aeroflot
Location: Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport (LED) –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Unknown
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants:
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Unlawful Interference
A flight crew landed at Leningrad after a hijacker recognized a deception and initiated a bomb threat. They then proceeded to Kotka, Finland, and ultimately landed at Leningrad, resulting in the death of one hijacker and the arrest of another. The hijacker then detonated the bomb.A flight crew landed at Leningrad after a hijacker recognized a deception and initiated a bomb threat. They then proceeded to Kotka, Finland, and ultimately landed at Leningrad, resulting in the death of one hijacker and the arrest of another. The hijacker then detonated the bomb.
Description
While enroute, a man told a flight attendant that there was a bomb aboard and his companion would detonate it unless the pilot took them to London, England or Oslo, Norway. They agreed to a refueling stop at Kotka, Finland but the crew landed the plane at Leningrad. When one hijacker recognized the trick he shouted to the other to blow up the plane. Security guards boarded, shot and killed one hijacker and arrested the other.
Primary Cause
Hijacking of a commercial aircraft.Hijacking of a commercial aircraft.Share on:
