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international airport. a t u one five four from here heading for leningrad. but once the plane was airborne its flight crew reported to ground control of the aircraft had been hijacked. terrorists were demanding a diversion to london. the events that followed the plane's emergency landing close to the finish border became a nightmare for its passengers. and. people were lying here under this hatch. conscious and many had severe injuries. the passenger plane had been hijacked by a family of eleven. the children played together in

a jazz band and together they plan to hijacking. children died in an assault on the captured plane having first killed their own mother. my elder brother shot my mom before my eyes how could he commit such a sin. how did they smuggle explosives and weapons aboard. musicians into terrorists many new details of the case have only now come to light twenty five years after the tragedy. the first ever children's jazz band to appear in eastern siberia was an instant success. the documentary was soon made about the family it was throughout the country. in the usa being criticized for its part in. the state even tried to ban it before this

extraordinary ban from success was guaranteed it was made up of seven kids. most of. the household chores. when the first documentary about the family was filmed. was most impressed by the youngest brother . played. the trombone. he would make a different. musical brothers. what

were you doing there and what were your brothers doing sitting there crying. that was afraid there by the plane. do you remember of. member being warned it. committed suicide after shooting there are people who had. to deal with. the. flight crew members think of march the eighth. they always gather together on this day at least for a few hours. just like today the pilots then gave the flight attendants. international women's day. half the seats were empty and passengers were in festive

mood when someone suddenly passed a note to one of the flight attendants she thought it was just a prank. whether the been two weeks before the tragedy we attended a training course devoted to what the cabin crew should do in case of a hijack attempt to me during that training session a mock terrorist can it be a very similar note yet so at that moment i just didn't take that little scrap of paper seriously but yes not at fascist. live i walked in and said. we have some on board will probably have to call the police. and then she showed us the note. change cars to london don't descend or we'll blow up the plane you are now under our command. shotguns in the back row above the back of the seats about this high

gun barrels. for the hijacked the head along stop over in the city of course. new passengers and their luggage had to be loaded and the aircraft needed refueling. during that time one of the passengers noticed the older brothers. by overheard a conversation between the two brothers one of them had bought something at a souvenir shop i was standing near by and heard him say to his brother in a low voice look what i bought to remember our homeland. most everyone in the. children off. this time she went with them as head of the family no one could have imagined that one of the musical instruments in fact. the family had.

in minute detail. experimented with. packed with explosives. during the. security. still. carrying a musical instrument of close inspection. looks very similar in appearance to the middle of. nicknamed the american.

sometime in march. and. we already had three. this rehabilitation center in hard to recognize. in this wheelchair at the time of the hijack he was twelve years old when they boarded the plane he was extremely. fully aware of what awaited his whole family.

and we were attacked on. the soviet union. on the. community of. some hundred forty kilometers from. here. who didn't take part in the hijacking she already had her own family with her husband and children below son. shortly before the tragedy. this is the album that all my sister brought me in february and i asked why are you giving me these old albums she answered i've made new albums and these you can have as mementos. we have new albums i thought it was very strange.

when. three children. when the investigation confirms that she wasn't involved she was given custody of her four younger brothers and sisters. actually i can show you. he's gone missing. investigators were inclined to believe that the hijacking had been instigated by the mother. a strong woman with a strong will. to bear as many children. even though. because of a previous health condition. i'd like them to keep playing to have their music.

together. officially the older brothers were. almost never attended. most of the time they were touring the. members had no time to study. them to bring home the money from the. conflicts with the college. it was hard talking to her she was inflexible all she knew was that she had her children so she hovered over. naturally when something good became of the boys their mother became even more protective we don't know who she felt she had to protect them from.

the hijacked plane made a decision one of the crew members negotiating with the terrorists. just how serious their intentions were. discussed between us. i want to talk to them. confidential actions of the crew in case of skyjacking every criminal only agrees to refuel the plane abroad the captain shall make the decision to imitate the landing at a for an airport and choose the most appropriate airfield within the territory of the soviet union. and then later we found out that we were followed by scores on

a fighter plane as if they were under orders to destroy the plane if it crossed the border. altitude one hundred meters vertical four situation assessment when landing when the plane landed the terrorists had no idea that they'd been taken to a military airfield on soviet soil at the time neither passengers nor crew expected the terrible tragedy that was yet to come there was still three and a half hours to go before the catastrophic conclusion.

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northwest russia what was once the secret of a military airfield. fiza retired military pilot on march the eighth one thousand nine hundred groups was given orders to paint a sign in english on the entrance to the furthermost hangar to make the terrorists believe that the plane had landed at an air base in finland. technicians managed to make the notice in time we expect the plane would be directed here never anything else would happen next to this hangar we hope the trick would work and we did what we could. shortly before landing. took out their guns again they asked one of the flight attendants to sit next to them as a human shield twenty eight year old. from. the cabin crew was taken hostage. to the cabin two of us tomorrow at first sight with a tray and i was following her. immediately rushed from the back row

threatened us with their shotguns and shouted one of you go back or we shoot she told me go back or they'll start shooting. the military airfield is now abandoned this old command post is where the operation commander spoke to the flight crew of the hijacked plane. as a former eye crafts technician he was on combat duty at the command post. time of the assault this was full of general there was barely room to move. landed the security scorcher and rushed to the landing field. with kalashnikovs

that's when the tail. realize they were still in the soviet union but i think. that they've been deceived they were furious. they were panicking they started shooting at the cockpit. trying to calm them down she kept telling them this is bin and this is spin and i can remember. i was probably. said something obscene to her and then. this footage shows dimitri who killed flight attendant. he played trumpet in the family. the investigation the idea of escaping the soviet union cross the older brother's mind during the tour abroad in one nine hundred eighty seven they decided to take the entire family with them to do that they had to go back to the us to collect them. from.

the older brothers took control of the whole situation. would do. if it was for the good of the family. but it was the boy's idea to start earning money mom didn't work and they were living in an apartment so there was no more livestock they had to earn a living they couldn't do anything but play music there was no other option. in summer one thousand nine hundred seven we hired a neighbor who worked as an english translator we started learning different phrases we wanted to be able to communicate once we fled abroad. i still can't understand. this incredible stupidity this was unbelievably stupid what was this all for. after the plane had landed at the military base security forces. of the hijacked planes crew they continued to

make up new excuses for delaying takeoff. we were told by radio that. we had to drag. along as we said they'd have time to get here and help free the passengers. to appease the older of the flight engineer resorted to a clever subterfuge. i went up on to the right wing and pretended i was refueling the plane. his equipment the feeling. but i didn't. this way the terrorists could see it was under pressure this created the impression that the plane was being. meanwhile the passengers in the cabin were preparing to die

after the flight attendant was killed it was clear that the skins had nothing to lose. so one of them said i'll count to ten captain if you don't start the engine i'll shoot the first passenger he started counting one two three i watched the passengers that were sitting next to me they were helpless and desperately trying to cover their hearts with their seatbelts they were hiding behind us papers magazines. it was more. that we couldn't wait any longer that they blow us up but they kept saying the same thing tried all the time negotiate make them let the passengers out in exchange for something this is a completely unrealistic at that moment. the pilots started the engines

they could no longer wait for the moscow assault team. prepared to kill passengers using noise from the turbines as cover to local police groups approached on both sides. with pistols two officers used a rope from the flight deck to climb into the cockpit neither had experience of hijacked aircraft. it was absolutely useless totally was to start when the plane began to move along the runway so the plane started moving. into the magazines not knowing where or what for. and a few minutes later they detonate. homemade bomb the cabin immediately caught fire . people jumped on to the concrete right from this hatch it's about full metres off the ground. when it was my turn to evacuate i looked down before

jumping and saw people lying there women in high heels naturally they were badly injured when they landed. the rescue operation was a complete failure the field was soon empty none of the high ranking officials wanted to take responsibility for the or sold for the plane being completely destroyed by fire or for the passenger evacuation. i saw with my own all eyes that one of the passengers jumped from the plane got to his feet and started running he got past the cordon and then i heard a shot i realized it was shot in the back of. the investigation revealed that the assault team killed three people. told how his older brothers and mother died. between them during the hijack.

of the shotgun and shut down a mother. her skull was opened up. me to. the toilet. you're afraid of being shot yes naturally. the surviving family members sentenced to. six. seven months pregnant. and prison. future fate was equally tragic. a few years later. a drug smuggling where he was killed. during a drug. scene that at the end of the run when she got out of

jail she'd be ok but in reality freedom turned out to be even more frightening. returns to the. street. there's just a fence here instead of. the house the old wooden building was soon derelict. your. first film. was twenty five years ago. one by one. you have a dog. this is where. the sidewalk was here and the house over that. building

a new two story house. and even. of course we weren't happy about what the. bad people lived here but after reading their story i'd say they were just normal people normal family. continue to play music. musically gifted children. they played another kind of music. educators try to help them get about those events.

let me take. yes a few years ago. this rehabilitation. because of a traumatic brain injury which. the doctors don't object to. the question. video to his old. because. from spain. take good care of.

good. family. i've never said anything bad about them and i never well i had very good brothers excellent brothers very honest and fair they didn't want to kill anyone. they only killed themselves. to the. field. at first she couldn't afford the trip and later the location of her mother and brother's grave was last. here they unloaded their bodies and put them into

this communal grave. but this woman she works but this column here and kept the grave in order for all these years that's been there visited no relatives and their friends. divisions only needed to wait another three years before their dreams could come true in one nine hundred ninety one with the collapse of the soviet union the iron curtain fell to fly abroad they'd only have needed to buy a ticket but they would never have that opportunity be avenged can firmly band ceased to exist forever.

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