Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 013
1983 aircraft hijacking in Bulgaria
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 013
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 013 was a regularly scheduled flight from Sofia to Varna in the People's Republic of Bulgaria operated by Balkan Bulgarian Airlines on an Antonov An-24. On 7 March 1983, shortly after takeoff, the plane was hijacked by four men with knives demanding to go to Vienna, Austria to seek political asylum. The hijacking ended when the pilots deceived the hijackers and landed the aircraft in Varna in near total darkness, where commandos of the Specialized Operational Militia Unit stormed the aircraft, saving all 40 passengers and crew, apprehending three out of four hijackers and fatally shooting one.
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