| Date: | Wednesday 7 March 1984 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-228 |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 67 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA) -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) |
| Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG) | |
| Confidence Rating: |
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
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