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Date Wednesday 29 March 1989
Time
Type Silhouette image of generic T154 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Tupolev Tu-154B-2
Operator Malev Hungarian Airlines
Registration HA-LCN
MSN 79A326
Year of manufature 1979
Engines Kuznetsov NK-8-2U
Crew Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total occupants Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 116
Aircraft damage None
Location Frankfurt International Airport (FRA)   Germany
Phase Standing
Nature Passenger - Scheduled
Departure Airport Praha-Ruzyne International Airport (PRG/LKPR)
Destination Airport Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM)
Narrative Malev Flight 640 was being prepared for departure from Prague, Czechoslovakia for a flight to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, when two Czechoslovak teenagers entered the airplane. The youths were armed with a sawed-off carbine, a sawed-off shotgun and a box of ammunition.
The Hungarian Consul in Prague negotiated the release of 100 passengers and in exchange, remained on board the aircraft as a hostage with the remaining passengers and crew. The hijackers initially demanded to be flown to the United States. They surrendered after the aircraft landed at Frankfurt International Airport, Germany.

sources

E-mail Ivan Rado, 12-2-2007
De Telegraaf 30-03-1989
Criminal Acts against Civil Aviation: 1989 / FAA

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photo (c) U.S. Department of Defense; Frankfurt International Airport (FRA); 29 March 1989