ATR 72. 21 January 1989 An Aeroflot An-24 was taxiing at Ivano-Frankovsk Airport when a passenger, armed with a lit torch, attempted to hijack the aircraft and demanded that the crew fly abroad. The hijacker's torch started a fire that burned the pilot and two passengers, but the crew was able to subdue the hijacker. 31 January 1989 A Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Air Force An-24, possibly on a bombing run, was shot down by a Pakistani F-16B near Bannu, Pakistan. 15 August 1989 China Eastern Airlines Flight 5510, an An-24RV (B-3417), crashed on takeoff from Hongqiao Airport due to engine failure, killing 34 of 40 on board. 24 August 1989 An An-24 was written off in a criminal act at Kabul, Afghanistan. 4 October 1989 An Aeroflot An-24RV (CCCP-46525) came in too high and too fast while approaching Stepnogorsk Airport and landed late as a result. The aircraft skidded off the runway and struck a concrete pillar, but the aircraft had suffered severe damage as it also had run across some holes in the ground. The pilot decided to taxi back to the apron, but while taxiing back the aircraft suffered more damage, causing the propeller blades to break off. All 52 on board survived. 21 November 1989 Aeroflot Flight 37577, an An-24B (CCCP-46335), struck trees and crashed near Sovetsky Airport, Russia, killing 34 of 42 on board. 28 December 1989 During the Romanian Revolution, a TAROM An-24RV (YR-BMJ) flying from Bucharest to Belgrade, carrying photojournalist Ian Parry, crashed in bad weather near Vişina, Dâmboviţa, Romania while on a flight to pick up humanitarian supplies, killing all seven (six crew members and the passenger) on board. The aircraft was probably shot down by a missile. 1990s 9 January 1990 A Sudanese Air Force aircraft, possibly an An-24, was shot down and crashed at Kajo Kaji, South Sudan. 26 January 1990 A MIAT Mongolian Airlines An-24RV (BNMAU-10208) crashed near Ulaangom Airport at night, all 41 passengers and crew on board have survived. 22 April 1990 A Lao Aviation An-24RV (RDPL-34008) failed to take off from Luang Namtha Airport and overran the runway; the aircraft struck a building, killing one person on the ground; the three crew on board the aircraft survived. 2 June 1990 An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46551) crashed at Kenkiyak, Kazakhstan after landing hard and overrunning the runway; all 33 passengers and crew on board survived, but the aircraft