Hijacking description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 12 JAN 1979 |
| Type: | Boeing 727-2H3 |
| Operator: | Tunis Air |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Tripoli, Tripoli (Libya) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN/DTTA), Tunisia |
| Djerba-Melita Airport (DJE/DTTJ), Tunisia |
Three hijackers demanded release of prisoners. Hijackers surrendered. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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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 Tunis-Carthage Airport to Djerba-Melita Airport as the crow flies is 332 km (208 miles).
Distance from Tunis-Carthage Airport to Djerba-Melita Airport as the crow flies is 332 km (208 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.
