Aircraft similar to the one involved in the hijacking
Hijacking
Date
2 November 1973 (1973-11-02)
Summary
Hijacking
Site
Vnukovo Airport, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Yakovlev Yak-40
Operator
Aeroflot
Registration
CCCP-87607
Flight origin
Bykovo Airport, Moscow
Destination
Bryansk Airport
Passengers
28 (incl. hijackers)
Crew
3
Fatalities
2 (hijackers)
Injuries
4 (3 passengers and 1 crew)
Survivors
29 (incl. 2 hijackers)
Aeroflot Flight 19 was a scheduled passenger flight from Bykovo Airport, Moscow, to Bryansk Airport, Bryansk. On 2 November 1973, a Yak-40 aircraft operating the flight was hijacked by 4 people 10 minutes before landing. The aircraft was then diverted to Moscow's Vnukovo Airport, where the hijackers demanded a buyout and provision of a flight to Sweden. The hostages inside the aircraft were subsequently liberated after the authorities stormed the aeroplane. This is one of the first well-known cases of storming a hijacked aircraft on the territory of the USSR.
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