Hijacking
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 15 MAR 2001 |
| Tipo: | Tupolev 154M |
| Operador: | Vnukovo Airlines |
| Registración: | RA-85619 |
| Numéro de série: | 86A-738 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1986 |
| Motores: | 3 Soloviev D-30KU-154-II |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 12 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 162 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 174 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
| Ubicación: | Madinah-Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport (MED) (Arabia Saudita) |
| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Internacional No Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport (IST/LTBA), Turquía |
| Moskva (unknown airport), Rusia | |
| Número de Vuelo: | 2806 |
Three Chechen hijackers took control of the aircraft. The aircraft was flown to Medina, Saudi Arabia. The next day negotiators succeeded in securing the release of 47 hostages, mainly women and children, and the stewardess who was stabbed during the initial minutes of the hijack. Later that day authorities decided to storm the plane, after the hijackers threatened to blow up the airplane, and demanded it be refuelled for a suspected flight to Afghanistan.
The plane was later renamed "Yulia Fomina" after the stewardess killed by hijackers.
Fuentes:
» Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 2001 / DoT, TSA
» People's Daily
Fotos
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.
