international airport. a t u one five four from here. but once the plane was airborne its flight crew reported to ground control that the aircraft had been hijacked. terrorists were demanding a diversion to london. the events that followed the plane's emergency landing close to the finnish 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 planned the hijacking. children died in an assault on

the captured plane having first killed their own mother. my elder brother shot my mum 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 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. this state.

the youngest brother.

i'm. sitting there crying. that is afraid of the plane. the. flight crew members think of march the eighth. together. at least for a few. just like today the pilots then gave the flight attendants flowers. 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. when 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 a ten minute journey in 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. or walked in and said. captain we have some on board will probably have to call the police after we land and then she showed us the note. change karsh to london don't do sand or we'll blow up the plane you are now under our command. assassin shot guns in the back row above the back of the seats about this high

gun barrels. before the hijackers had a long stopover 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. i overheard a conversation between the two brothers one of them had bought something it is even a 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. in fact. the family.

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

some time. at this rehabilitation center in hard to recognize. at the time of the. old when they boarded the plane he was extremely. fully aware of what awaited his whole family. that.

is the. ready had her own family. shortly before the tragedy. this is the album that all. brought me. 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.

three children of. the investigation 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 to believe that the hijacking had been instigated by the mother. a strong woman with a strong. as many children. because of a previous health condition. i'd like them to keep playing to have.

gather. officially the older brother. most of the time they were. the. members had no time to study. them to bring home the money from. the college. it was hard talking to her. 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 decision one of the crewmembers negotiating with the terrorists. their intentions were. discussed between us. i want to talk to them. they kept. their field within the territory and. we found out that we were.

as if they were to destroy the plane if it crossed the border. situation. where landing. the. field. crew expected the terrible tragedy that was.

northwest russia. military field. is a 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 as an air base in finland. missions 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 trip 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 tomorrow. of the cabin crew was taken hostage. when you have my own plan to the cabin two of us tomorrow at first sight with the 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 there.

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 craft a technician he was on combat duty at the command post. at time of the assault this was full of general there was. barely room to move. when the plane landed the security scorcher and rushed to the landing field they were armed with kalashnikovs that's when the terrorists realized they were still in the soviet union but i think . when the found out that they'd been deceived they were furious using machines and they were panicking they started shooting at the cockpit. trying to calm them down she kept telling them this is finland this is finland i can remember her words i was probably tomorrow. i said something obscene to her and

then fired a shot. tree who killed. the older brother. to. go back to the. control of the whole situation. would do. if it was for the good of the family. 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.

we started learning to. communicate brought. understand. this incredible stupidity this was unbelievably stupid what was this all for. the military security. of the hijacked planes crew. continue to. take off. we had to drag as long as we could. to get. the passengers. to appease the older of the flight engineer resorted to a clever subterfuge but i went up on to the right swaying and pretended i was

refueling the plane. you know the proximity with. his equipment i was feeling. but i didn't. this way the terrorists could see it was under pressure this created the impression the plane was being. meanwhile the passengers in the cabin were preparing to die after the flight attendant was killed it was clear that he had nothing to lose. so one of them said i'll count to ten captain if you don't start the engine and 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. they were hiding behind newspapers 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. make them let the passengers out and exchange something this is a completely unrealistic about moments. pilots started the engines they could no longer wait for the moscow assault team. prepared to kill passengers using noise from the. two local police groups approached on both sides. with pistols two officers used a rope from the flight deck to climb into the cockpit. had experience of hijacked craft. it was absolutely useless totally was to stall when the

plane 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 a bag 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 field was soon empty none of the high ranking officials wanted to take responsibility for the assault for the plane being completely destroyed by fire or for the passenger evacuation. i saw with my own 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. his liaison between them during the hijacking. of the shotgun and shut down on mother. her skull was opened up. to. the toilet and. you're fraid of being shot yes naturally. the surviving family members. six.

seven months pregnant. 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.

twenty five years ago. one by one. you have a dog. this is where. the sidewalk was here and the house over that. today . started 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. to play the trumpet. he played. let me take. yes a few years ago. because of a traumatic brain injury. the object. of

the question. 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 brother is very honest and fair they didn't want to kill anyone. they only killed themselves. mother and brothers grave. dreams could come true.

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