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Date Sunday 9 August 1998
Time
Type Silhouette image of generic T154 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Tupolev Tu-154
Operator East Line Airlines
Registration
MSN
Year of manufature
Crew Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total occupants Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 97
Aircraft damage None
Location Moskva-Domodedovo Airport (DME)   Russia
Phase En route
Nature Passenger - Scheduled
Departure Airport Tyumen Airport (TJM/USTR)
Destination Airport Moskva-Domodedovo Airport (DME/UUDD)
Narrative A flight attendant on an East Line Aviation flight found an anonymous note demanding 651,000 rubles (approximately $100,000 U.S.) and fuel to fly the plane to another country. The note also explained that the airplane would be blown up if the demands were not met. The plane landed at MoscowÂ’s Domodedovo Airport and was taken to a remote location where security forces had been positioned. No one on the plane came forward to claim the note or negotiate with authorities. Women and children were allowed to deplane; luggage and the 70 male passengers were checked for weapons and explosives but nothing was found.

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