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It’s not often that we discuss Hijackings. The term “Hijacking” itself in an aviation context can conjure images of terrorist activity. On March 8th, 1988, one of the most shocking and bizarre cases of an airplane hijacking took place in the Soviet Union. A group of hijackers boarded a plane concealing firearms and explosives in their luggage. Such a blatant breach of security in hiding weapons in such an obvious place is a lesson that should have been learnt decades before this incident occurred. What makes the case of Aeroflot 3739 so shocking is just who carried out this attack and when you think of this level of terrorist activity, it really turned out to be the last people you’d ever expect. So what happened that day, who were the hijackers and just what was their story?

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