What the records say
- When
- 3 Oct 2006
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 40.66° N, 17.95° E
- Description
- 2006 aircraft hijacking
Placed at the coordinates of its Italian Wikipedia article.
Turkish Airlines Flight 1476
2006 aircraft hijacking
Turkish Airlines Flight 1476 (TK1476) was a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-400 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.
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