Hijacking
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 19 SEP 1991 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Alitalia |
| Kennzeichen: | registration unknown |
| Werknummer: | |
| Baujahr: | |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 7 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 130 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 137 |
| Sachschaden: | nicht beschädigt |
| Unfallort: | Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN) (Tunesien) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Internationaler Linienflug |
| Flug von: | Rome (LIIM), Italien |
| Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN/DTTA), Tunesien |
A Tunisian immigrant hijacked an Alitalia DC-9 aircraft with 130 passengers and seven crew
members en route from Rome to Tunis. The hijacker, armed with a pistol and claiming to have a
bomb in a bag, seized a flight attendant as hostage and demanded to land in Algiers . The crew refused ,
however, and instead landed in Tunis where the hijacker was apprehended by antiterrorist commandos .
No explosive device was found and there were no injuries.
Informationsquelle:
» Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1991 / U.S. Department of Tranport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
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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.
