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Aeroflot Flight 19

1970s in Moscow1973 in Russia1973 in the Soviet Union20th-century aviation accidents and incidents in RussiaAccidents and incidents involving the Yakovlev Yak-40
Aeroflot accidents and incidentsAviation accidents and incidents in 1973Aviation accidents and incidents in the Soviet UnionNovember 1973 in the Soviet UnionTerrorist incidents in the Soviet UnionTransport disasters in Moscow
Yakovlev Yak 40, CCCP 87792, Aeroflot
Yakovlev Yak 40, CCCP 87792, Aeroflot

Aeroflot Flight 19 was a scheduled passenger flight from Bykovo Airport, Moscow, to Bryansk Airport, Bryansk. On 2 November 1973, a Yak-40 aircraft operating the flight was hijacked by 4 people 10 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. The hostages inside the aircraft were subsequently liberated after the authorities stormed the aeroplane. This is one of the first well-known cases of storming a hijacked aircraft on the territory of the USSR.

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Aeroflot Flight 19
Боровское шоссе,

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N 55.5946 ° E 37.2742 °
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Аэропорт Внуково

Боровское шоссе
108817
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АО «Международный аэропорт Внуково»

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Yakovlev Yak 40, CCCP 87792, Aeroflot
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