When the Tu-104 appeared in the Soviet Union - the world's second serial passenger airliner with jet engines, it became a world-class sensation. Back then, passenger jet aircraft were just taking their first steps. The Tu-104 turbojet engines, which are quite voracious by modern standards, nevertheless allowed it to fly at distances of up to 2000 km and overcome them in just 2.5 hours.
There was an “Iron Curtain” in the Soviet Union at that time, and visiting abroad was much more difficult than it is now.
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When the plane was already approaching Chita, Rzayev showed one of the flight attendants a bundle that was lying in his lap, said that it was explosives and demanded to fly to China. As a result of the ensuing fight, the policeman was stabbed in the stomach and shot the terrorist under the left shoulder blade, exactly in the heart. However, he managed to activate an explosive device, as a result of which the plane collapsed in the air, passengers and the crew were killed.
After the Tu-104 and Tu-154 came to replace the Tu-104, the hijackers began to choose them. But I'll tell you about this tomorrow in the second part.
Author: Maxim Savin