ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327470
Date: | Wednesday 7 March 1984 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing 737-228 |
Owner/operator: | Air France |
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Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 67 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA) -
Switzerland
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) |
Destination airport: | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG) |
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Narrative: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.
Sources:
Le Nouvelliste, 8 March 1984 Revision history:
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