Estado: | |
Fecha: | lunes 17 abril 1972 |
Tipo: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
Operador: | Swissair |
Registración: | HB-IFM |
Numéro de série: | 45847/394 |
Año de Construcción: | 1968-09-17 (3 years 7 months) |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 5 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 15 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 20 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Ninguno |
Ubicación: | Roma-Ciampino Airport (CIA) ( Italia)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Vuelo Internacional Programado |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA/LSGG), Suiza |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO/LIRF), Italia |
Número de Vuelo: | SR610 |
Descripción:Swissair flight SR610 departed Genève-Cointrin Airport, Switzerland, at 07:20 hours on a flight to Rome, Italy.
About 07:55, a 30-year-old male passenger entered the cockpit of the DC-9 carrying a cigar box which he claimed was a bomb. He demanded to be flown to Argentina. The pilot diverted to flight to Rome's-Ciampino Airport, where the flight landed at 09:07.
After landing the hijacker descended the ventral stairs in order to speak to the U.S. ambassador. A police officer had posed as the ambassador and arrested the hijacker.
Fuentes:
» L'Unità, 18-4-1972
»
British Pathé»
Nouvelliste, 18 April 1972
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Map
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 Genève-Cointrin Airport to Roma-Fiumicino Airport as the crow flies is 691 km (432 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.