Date:	Thursday 19 September 1991
Time:
Type:	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82)
Owner/operator:	Alitalia
Registration:	I-DAWC
MSN:	49198/1142
Year of manufacture:	1984
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 137
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	Unlawful Interference
Location:	Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN) -   Tunisia
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO/LIRF)
Destination airport:	Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN/DTTA)

Narrative:
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 at 16:55, two hours and seven minutes after takeoff. The hijacker was apprehended by antiterrorist commandos. No explosive device was found and there were no injuries.

Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1991 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
L'Unità, 20-9-1991

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