Jazz Band Hijac, RT Ddoc

‘I still can’t understand this incredible stupidity. This was so unbelievably stupid. What was it all for?’

So years later, Mikhail Ovechkin tells about the crazy act of his family. A mother and ten children got weapons on board a passenger plane and demanded to be taken abroad. This story shocked the Soviet Union not only because the aircraft was hijacked but also who did it. The children in the family were young musicians, known in the country and showed great promise.

But how did they get the idea to hijack a plane, and what do their relatives think about it? See the documentary Jazz Band Hijack to find out.