Tired of the ordeal: as fell escape of the Jews from the Soviet Union to An-2

15 June 1970, a group of Jews tried to seize a passenger plane in Leningrad region and take it to Sweden. By this action they were forced refusal of the Soviet authorities to permit the emigration to Israel. It is believed that after a burst of harsh sentencing an international scandal led to the easing of the Soviet Union for its position on the emigration of Jews to Israel.