Nadezhda Kurchenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nadezhda Kurchenko

Soviet flight attendant

Date of Birth: 29-Dec-1950

Place of Birth: Novopoltava, Russia

Date of Death: 15-Oct-1970

Profession: flight attendant

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Nadezhda Vladimirovna Kurchenko (29 December 1950 – 15 October 1970) was a Soviet flight attendant who tried to prevent the hijacking of Aeroflot Flight 244.
Having warned the crew, Kurchenko sought to block the entrance to the cockpit, which at the time was not normally locked.
She was killed in a struggle with one of the hijackers. Kurchenko posthumously received the Order of the Red Banner.
A mountain in the Gissar Range, asteroid 2349 Kurchenko, a tanker, a park and a street in Sukhumi were named after her.