Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 25 AUG 1999 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-8B6 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Maroc - RAM |
| Registration: | CN-RNJ |
| C/n / msn: | 28980/55 |
| First flight: | 1998 |
| Engines: | 2 CFMI CFM56-7B26 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 88 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Barcelona Airport (BCN) (Spain) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Casablanca-Mohamed V Airport (CMN/GMMN), Morocco |
| Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN/DTTA), Tunisia | |
| Flightnumber: | 572 |
Royal Air Maroc flight 572 was hijacked by a Moroccan man, brandishing a (fake) gun. The plane diverted to Barcelona (BCN), Spain where he demanded that the plane be refueled and flown to Germany. After five hours of negotiations with Spanish authorities, the hijacker released all passengers and crew members unharmed and surrendered.
Events:
Sources:
» Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1999 / FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
Photos
Map
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 Casablanca-Mohamed V Airport to Tunis-Carthage Airport as the crow flies is 1653 km (1033 miles).
Distance from Casablanca-Mohamed V Airport to Tunis-Carthage Airport as the crow flies is 1653 km (1033 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.
