Romanian airliner, first ever hijacked plane seized by…Romanians

Among aviation groundbreaking achievements related to Traian Vuia, Aurel Vlaicu, Henri Coanda, and unrivaled performances of George Valentin Bibescu, the aeronautics history points Romania as the holder of another “record”: the first ever hijacking of a regular civilian flight was carried out by three Romanians who seized the crew of a…Romanian plane.

On July 25, 1947, pilot Vasile Ciobanu along with flight engineer Mitrofan Bescioti and the radio-telegraphist, boarded the plane owned by company Tars, -a precursor of nowadays Tarom-, in what was supposed to be a routine flight from country’s capital of Bucharest to the city of Craiova in southwestern Romania. Among the 8 passengers who booked their tickets, there were also three army officers.

Just 10 minutes after take-off, Ciobanu was pointed a gun to his head and ordered to leave the route and fly to Turkey. Flight engineer’s efforts to resist the attack cost his life, as he was shot by lieutenant Aurel Dobrea.

After reaching Çanakkale, Izmir region, Turkey, the 3 military officers were arrested, tried, and for the murder committed on board of the aircraft, Dobrea was convicted.

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Mihail Ionescu, a radio operator on the Tarom flight Oradea – Bucharest, which was memorably hijacked 24 years later on May 17, 1971 by a group of six Romanian citizens of Hungarian origin, was recently contacted by phone and went live on Antena 3’s TV program “Secvential” to tell his story and what he felt in those moments. The IL-14 plane carrying 4 crew members and 16 passengers was stormed at the Oradea Airport (Romania), then constrained to fly to Budapest (Hungary), then Vienna (Austria). The passengers and the crew were set free in Vienna, while the hijackers flew to West Germany.

TV producer Adrian Ursu reached out to Adalbert Moca, the leader of the 6-member group that organized Oradea’s hijacking, who had a returning message for Mihail Ionescu after more than 40 years since the incident.