Incident Details
While cruising on a flight from Leningrad to Tallinn, a passenger handed a message to a stewardess intended for the flight crew, but the nature of the request remains unclear. The individual, unable to gain access to the cockpit, proceeded to detonate an artisanal bomb, resulting in a fire igniting in the passenger cabin. At an altitude of 900 meters, the flight crew initiated a steep descent and subsequently performed an emergency landing at Jõhvi Airport.
Aftermath
Upon landing, all crew members and passengers successfully evacuated the cabin and were uninjured. The hijacker was killed when the aircraft was destroyed by the fire. The official probable cause attributes the event to the hijacking and subsequent fire.