Air disaster

Aeroflot Flight 2420

23 Apr 1973 · 59.80° N, 30.26° E

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When
23 Apr 1973
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
59.80° N, 30.26° E
Description
1973 aircraft hijacking
Deaths
2

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Aeroflot Flight 2420

1973 aircraft hijacking

Aeroflot Flight 2420 was a passenger flight from Leningrad-Shosseynaya Airport to Moscow-Sheremetyevo that, on April 23, 1973, was hijacked by a passenger demanding to go to Stockholm, Sweden. The crew were returning the aircraft to Leningrad when the hijacker detonated the bomb, killing himself and the flight mechanic, who had left the cockpit to negotiate with the hijacker.

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