The aircraft involved in the hijacking, photographed in 2003.
Hijacking
Date
3 October 2006 (2006-10-03)[1]
Summary
Hijacking
Site
Hijacked in Greek air space, landed at Brindisi Airport in Italy
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 737-4Y0
Operator
Turkish Airlines
Registration
TC-JET
Flight origin
Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
Destination
Atatürk International Airport
Passengers
107 (including hijacker)
Crew
6
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Survivors
113 (all)
Turkish Airlines Flight 1476 (TK1476)[1] was a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-4Y0 flying from Tirana to Istanbul that was hijacked by Hakan Ekinci in Greek airspace on 3 October 2006. Ekinci demanded to go to Rome to speak with the Pope, but Greek and Italian F-16 Fighting Falcon jets intercepted and escorted the aircraft until it landed in Brindisi, Italy. Nobody was harmed, and Ekinci was jailed in Italy while awaiting trial. At first, the hijacking incident was linked with the envisaged visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Turkey, but later, it was ascertained that Ekinci was seeking to request political asylum from Italy. On 4 October, a Turkish Airlines plane was sent to take the other passengers to Istanbul.
^ ab"Detaylı Uçuş Bilgisi" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2006-10-03.
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