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Date Tuesday 10 July 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:
Passengers Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total occupants Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 143
Aircraft damage None
Location Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport (LED)   Russia
Phase En route
Nature Passenger - Scheduled
Departure Airport Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport (LED/ULLI)
Destination Airport Murmansk Airport (MMK/ULMM)
Narrative An attempt to hijack an Aeroflot Tupolev 154 failed when the aircraft's crew refused the hijacker's instructions to fly to France. The flight, with 143 passengers, had just departed Leningrad en route to Murmansk when a man held up two cylindrical objects claiming they were explosive devices. Rather than accede to demands to fly to Paris, the crew returned the aircraft to Leningrad where the man was arrested. No explosives were found.

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Criminal Acts against Civil Aviation: 1990 / FAA

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