ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336611
| Date: | Sunday 12 September 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-15-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Technical and Aeronautical Exploitations - TAE |
| Registration: | SX-BAH |
| MSN: | 26565/15120 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 21 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Tetovo -
 North Macedonia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT) |
| Thessaloniki International Airport (SKG/LGTS) |
Eight hijackers demanded to be taken to Yugoslavia. The crew diverted to Tetovo where the hijackers deplaned. The flight then continued to Thessaloniki.
The Greek movie O Kloios (1987) is based on this hijacking.
Sources:
George Pantalos
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