Narrative:A bomb detonated in the lavatory, causing a large hole in the fuselage. A safe emergency landing was carried out at Lyon-Bron Airport (LYN), 90 minutes after the occurrence.
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» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
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Drames aeriens dans le departement du Rhone
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Oran-es Senia Airport to Paris-Orly Airport as the crow flies is 1467 km (917 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.