
In the fall of 1948, shortly before the end of the civil war in Greece, six young leftists traveled to Athens, boarded a plane to Thessaloniki, and forced the pilot to fly them to neighboring Yugoslavia, where they would seek political asylum along with other comrades. Their plan went off without a hitch and went down in history as the first hijacking ever.
Kostas Koutsomitis
Condemned

Antonis Katsaris
Maravitsas

Giorgos Mihalakopoulos
Member of Parliament

Giorgos Moshidis
Mr. Kafetzoglou

Yorgos Papadimitrakis
Pilot

Timos Perlegas
Colonel