Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 18 OCT 1973 |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-228 |
| Operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-BPJC |
| C/n / msn: | 19545/564 |
| First flight: | 1968-04-19 (5 years 6 months) |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 110 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Marseille-Marignane Airport (MRS) (France)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO), France |
| Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE/LFMN), France |
The Air France Boeing 727 was hijacked by a female passenger. She wanted to protest against the release of the film The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob which was being promoted by her husband, Georges Cravenne and which she considered "anti-palestinian".
After the release of all passengers, the plane was stormed and the hijacker was shot and killed.
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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 Paris-Orly Airport to Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport as the crow flies is 671 km (419 miles).
Distance from Paris-Orly Airport to Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport as the crow flies is 671 km (419 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.
