Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 013
A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Antonov An-24B, similar to the one involved in the hijacking | |
| Hijacking | |
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| Date | 7 March 1983 |
| Summary | Hijacking and subsequent emergency landing and armed intervention |
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| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Antonov An-24B |
| Operator | Balkan Bulgarian Airlines |
| Registration | LZ-AND |
| Flight origin | Sofia Vrazhdebna Airport, Sofia, People's Republic of Bulgaria |
| Destination | Varna Airport, Varna, People's Republic of Bulgaria |
| Occupants | 44 (including 4 hijackers) |
| Passengers | 40 (including 4 hijackers) |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 1 (hijacker) |
| Injuries | 1 |
| Survivors | 43 (including 3 hijackers) |
On 7 March 1983, Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 013, operated by an An-24, was hijacked by four men with knives demanding to go to Vienna, Austria.