Thirty-seven years ago today, on December 1, 1988 (October 23, 1988 lunar calendar), there was a hijacking incident in the Soviet Union, and terrorists were escorted back from Israel. On December 1, 1988, 30 students from the 4th grade class of No. 41 Middle School in Ordzhonikidze City, North Caucasus, visited the printing factory under the leadership of the head teacher, Yefimova. Just after leaving the factory, an unknown driver invited teachers and students into the car. As soon as the door was closed, the teachers and students became hostages: there were 4 bandits, 4 guns, and several large barrels of gasoline in the car. At 16:15, the police found the car carrying the hostages. The bandits demanded drugs with guns and a large transport plane to escape abroad. The gangsters doused the driver's cab with gasoline and threatened to burn the car. Thirty-one lives were at stake, and the authorities complied with their unreasonable demands. The car was full of 11-year-old children, who were so frightened that they cried at first. Yefimova, a 24-year-old member of the Communist Youth League, calmly comforted the children and told them fairy tales. The bandit leader shouted: "Whoever removes the red scarf and burns it, who will I let go first?" No one paid attention. Traffic police led the car to the airport in Mineral Springs, which can take off and land large transport planes, followed by the parents of the children who came in the car on the news. The police had a hard time persuading the parents not to approach the car, so as not to be mistaken for commandos and blow up the car by the bandits. The deputy chairperson of the State Security Council of the Soviet Union, Ponoma, was the commander-in-chief of A large number of policemen were transferred from five cities and concealed near the limousine. The Soviet Civil Aviation Ministry transferred two 40-ton Il-76 jet transport planes from Moscow overnight to Mineral Springs City. Sheremetev, an officer of the State Security Bureau of Stavropol Krai, negotiated with the bandits on a walkie-talkie and demanded the release of the children. The bandits demanded drugs and coffee. After meeting the request, two groups of children were released. The bandit leader wanted to release the female teacher, but the female teacher calmly said: "No, I will go last." At noon on December 2, the girl dispatching the airport catering room, Burgakova, risked her life to deliver 50 meatloaves to the children. The bandits asked for bulletproof vests and a lot of foreign exchange, and after meeting the requirements, they released another batch of children. There were also 11 children in the car. Sheremetev told the bandits: "Let go of the children and the teachers, and I will be a hostage." The officer, unarmed, lay flat in the limousine at the request of the bandits. The bandits asked to fly to Israel. At 15:50, the bandits escorted the officers into the Il-76 transport aircraft 76519. The wife of the bandits used a walkie-talkie to ask the bandits to stop their horses. The bandits did not listen. By saying goodbye to his wife, they also pulled her into the plane. The bandits were worried and put all eight crew members in handcuffs. The plane departed via Sukhumi, flew over the Turkish capital and Cyprus, and landed at Tel Aviv Airport in Israel at 18:45. The bandits never dreamed that long before the flight, the Soviet Foreign Ministry had commissioned a Soviet consular team working temporarily in Tel Aviv to contact the Israeli authorities. Israel agreed to take the plane and expressed its willingness to extradite the bandits to the Soviet side. Before the plane entered Israeli airspace, Israeli Defense Minister Rabin and the Chief of General Staff had already made arrangements. When the bandits got off the plane, they were caught and locked in a cell. That night, the Soviet special task force arrived in Tel Aviv on the Tu-154 airliner and, together with the crew of the Il-76 aircraft, escorted the bandits back to Moscow for trial. On the evening of December 3, four Soviet terrorists who abducted 30 schoolchildren and coerced the Soviet authorities into providing a plane to flee abroad were expelled by the Israeli authorities and escorted home by 19 Soviet agents in two planes from Tel Aviv airport.