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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, February 23, 1993                   TAG: 9302230021
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN                                LENGTH: Short

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SECURITY LET HIJACKER PASS - FOR $54

A man who hijacked a Russian airliner with two hand grenades said Monday he paid $54 in bribes to avoid security checks at a Russian airport, the Swedish national news agency TT reported.

The Russian news agency ITAR-Tass reported that an airport employee was arrested in the hijacking in Tyumen, the western Siberian city where the flight originated.

Musayev, 27, commandeered the Tu-134 airliner Saturday to Stockholm via Tallinn, Estonia. His wife, Marina, 26, and 8-month-old daughter were aboard.

Musayev said he wanted to go to the United States but could not afford a ticket. Negotiators persuaded him to surrender in Stockholm. None of the 72 people aboard was injured.

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