Tag: Forced Passenger Boarding
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On This Day In 1993: Militants Forced 81 Passengers Onto a 28-Seat Tajikistan Airlines Yak-40, Nearly 3 Tons Overweight – The Aircraft Failed To Take Off and 82 People Were Killed In The Crash
On August 28, 1993, one of the deadliest aviation disasters in the history of Tajikistan unfolded at Khorog Airport, in the mountainous Gorno-Badakhshan region. What makes the tragedy particularly shocking is that the aircraft was not simply overloaded by mistake: armed men reportedly forced the crew to accept far more passengers than the aircraft was…
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