FUGA DIN ROMÂNIA COMUNISTĂ PE CALEA AERULUI: TENTATIVA DE DETURNARE A UNUI AVION ÎN TÂRGU MUREȘ (1971)
ESCAPE FROM COMMUNIST ROMANIA BY AIR: THE ATTEMPTED HIJACKING OF A PLANE IN TÂRGU MUREȘ (1971)
Author(s): Ferencz Iozsef TruțaSubject(s): Local History / Microhistory, Political history, Social history, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, Transport / Logistics
Published by: Institutul de Cercetări Socio-Umane Gheorghe Şincai al Academiei Române
Keywords: communism; flight; Security; Târgu Mureș; plane;
Summary/Abstract: After the Second World War and with the establishment of the communist regime, many Romanians, dissatisfied with the new regime, tried to leave the country. The fugitives most frequently chose the road or rail route, but there were also attempts to swim across the Danub or to cross the Black Sea with inflatable boats, and the bravest tried to hijack planes. Most of the fugitives paid with their lives or ended up in the dungeons of the Security and were imprisoned for decades. In the summer of 1971, seven young people from Târgu Mureș planned, in turn, to leave the country by hijacking a Tarom plane. The present paper aims to present their story from the communist Securitate archives.
Journal: Anuarul Institutului de Cercetări Socio-Umane »Gheorghe Şincai« al Academiei Române
- Issue Year: 25/2022
- Issue No: 25
- Page Range: 129-142
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Romanian