Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 APR 1977 |
| Type: | Tupolev 134 |
| Operator: | LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze |
| Registration: | SP-LGA |
| C/n / msn: | 8350602 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Kraków International Airport (KRK) (Poland) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Kraków-J. Paul II Balice International Airport (KRK/EPKK), Poland |
| Nürnberg Airport (NUE/EDDN), Germany |
One hijacker. Plane stormed/hijacker arrested. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Events:
Sources:
» Miklos Szabo
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kraków-J. Paul II Balice International Airport to Nürnberg Airport as the crow flies is 623 km (390 miles).
Distance from Kraków-J. Paul II Balice International Airport to Nürnberg Airport as the crow flies is 623 km (390 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
