Event

Hemus Air Flight 7081

3 Sep 1996 · 60.22° N, 11.09° E

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When
3 Sep 1996
Kind
Event
Coordinates
60.22° N, 11.09° E
Description
Hijacked Hemus Air Flight 7081 lands with 8 crew members at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen at 20:04 UTC+1.

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Hemus Air Flight 7081

1996 aircraft hijacking

Hemus Air Flight 7081 was the hijacking of a Tupolev Tu-154 operated by Hemus Air on 3 September 1996. The incident occurred on-route from Beirut International Airport in Lebanon to Varna Airport in Bulgaria. The hijacker, Palestinian Hazem Salah Abdallah, a defector of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), falsely claimed he had explosives on board.

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