Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 14 OCT 1982 |
| Type: | Tupolev 134 |
| Operator: | Balkan Bulgarian Airlines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Wien-Schwechat Airport (VIE) (Austria) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Bourgas Airport (BOJ/LBBG), Bulgaria |
| Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW/EPWA), Poland |
Two hijackers demanded to be taken to West Germany. Hijackers surrendered. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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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 Bourgas Airport to Warszawa-Okecie Airport as the crow flies is 1166 km (729 miles).
Distance from Bourgas Airport to Warszawa-Okecie Airport as the crow flies is 1166 km (729 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.
