Aeroflot Flight 2420

Aeroflot Flight 2420

Aircraft involved in the hijacking
Hijacking
Date	April 23, 1973 (1973-04-23)
Summary	Hijacking
Site	Shosseynaya Airport, Leningrad, Soviet Union
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Tupolev Tu-104B
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	СССР-42505
Flight origin	Shosseynaya Airport
Destination	Sheremetyevo International Airport
Occupants	57
Passengers	51
Crew	6
Fatalities	2
Survivors	55

Aeroflot Flight 2420 was a passenger flight from Leningrad-Shosseynaya Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport that, on April 23, 1973, was hijacked by a passenger demanding to go to Stockholm. The crew returned to Leningrad but the hijacker detonated the bomb, killing himself and the mechanic, who had went out to negotiate with the hijacker.^[1]