Air disaster

Aeroflot Flight 19

2 Nov 1973 · 55.59° N, 37.27° E

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When
2 Nov 1973
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
55.59° N, 37.27° E
Description
airliner hijacking
Deaths
2

Aeroflot Flight 19

1973 airliner hijacking in the Soviet Union

Aeroflot Flight 19 was a scheduled passenger flight from Bykovo Airport, Moscow, Soviet Union, to Bryansk Airport, Bryansk, Soviet Union. On 2 November 1973, the Yakovlev Yak-40 flying this route was hijacked by four people ten 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.

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