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As soon as he received news about the hijacking of a Tu-154 passenger jetliner, operated by Russian carrier Vnukovo Airlines, President Vladimir Putin set up an emergency task force

March 15, 2001

The plane, carrying 162 passengers and a twelve-member crew, was hijacked en route from Istanbul to Moscow.

Putin asked the task force, led by Federal Security Service Deputy Director Vladimir Pronichev, to update him on the latest developments every two hours.

March 15, 2001