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Hijacking of a Tu-154 to Pakistan

19 Aug 1990 · Chulman, Neryungri (Yakut ASSR, RSFSR, USSR), Yemelyanovo, Krasnoyarsk (RSFSR, USSR), Yuzhny, Tashkent (Uzbek SSR, USSR), Jinnah, Karachi (Pakistan)

Neryungri United Air Detachment, Yakut Civil Aviation Directorate Tupolev Tu-154 · Hijackers' escape abroad

From Chulman, Neryungri to Yakutsk

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Occurrence
Event fatalities
0 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
92
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
0
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Tupolev Tu-154

Aircraft type
Tupolev TU-154
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
CCCP-85323
Onboard fatalities
0
Route
From Chulman, NeryungriTo Yakutsk

Approximate · Estimated position: Chulman Airport, the airport the Wikipedia article names as the site. Where on or near it is not known.

From the Wikipedia article

The hijacking of a Tu-154 to Pakistan was the largest hijacking of a Soviet airliner, carried out by inmates of the temporary detention facility of the city of Neryungri on Sunday, 19 August 1990.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Russian Wikipedia article “Угон Ту-154 в Пакистан” (revision 150406592, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Russian Wikipedia article: Угон Ту-154 в Пакистан
Article
Угон Ту-154 в Пакистан
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
150406592 · 2025-12-02 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q4469125
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
Record
ru Wikipedia article "Угон Ту-154 в Пакистан" (page 2630776, revision 150406592), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
Wikipedia infobox: date
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
airport the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata code, OurAirports)
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
operator is an airline according to Wikidata
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Russian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.