Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | - (No safety board investigation) |
| Date: | 07 MAR 1984 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-228 |
| Operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 61 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 67 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA) (Switzerland) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF), Germany |
| Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG), France |
An Air France flight from Frankfurt, Germany to Paris, France was hijacked by a male passenger who was armed with a knife. He demanded the plane to be refueled to go to Libya. The plane forced to land in Geneva, Switzerland where he held passengers and crew hostage for 4-1/2 hours.
Reportedly, police boarded the plane and overpowered the hijacker and took him into custody.
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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 Frankfurt International Airport to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport as the crow flies is 444 km (277 miles).
Distance from Frankfurt International Airport to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport as the crow flies is 444 km (277 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.
