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Date Sunday 2 December 1990
Time
Type Silhouette image of generic T154 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Tupolev Tu-154
Operator Aeroflot
Registration
MSN
Year of manufature
Crew Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Passengers Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 120
Total occupants Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 127
Aircraft damage None
Location Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport (LED)   Russia
Phase En route
Nature Passenger - Scheduled
Departure Airport Murmansk Airport (MMK/ULMM)
Destination Airport Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport (LED/ULLI)
Narrative An attempt to hijack an Aeroflot Tupolev 154 to Sweden failed when the pilot refused to accede to the demands of the hijacker. The aircraft, with 120 passengers and seven crew members, was on a domestic flight from Murmansk to Leningrad. When the plane landed in Leningrad, the hijacker was arrested.

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Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1991 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security

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