Aeroflot Flight 109
1973 plane crash caused by hijacker with bomb / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aeroflot Flight 109 (Russian: Рейс 109 Аэрофлота Reys 109 Aeroflota) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Moscow to Chita with stopovers in Chelyabinsk, Novosibirsk, and Irkutsk. On the final leg of the route on 18 May 1973 a terrorist hijacked the aircraft, demanding to be flown to China; the terrorist's bomb detonated in flight after he was shot by the air marshal.
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Accident | |
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Date | 18 May 1973 |
Summary | Hijacking/bombing |
Site | 97 km (60 mi) west of Chita Airport |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-104A |
Operator | Aeroflot, East Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate |
Registration | СССР-42379 |
Flight origin | Domodedovo Airport, Moscow |
1st stopover | Chelyabinsk Airport, Chelyabinsk |
2nd stopover | Severny Airport, Novosibirsk |
Last stopover | Irkutsk Airport, Irkutsk |
Destination | Kadala Airport, Chita |
Occupants | 81 |
Passengers | 72 |
Crew | 9 |
Fatalities | 81 |
Survivors | 0 |
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