| Date: | Friday 12 January 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-2H3 |
| Owner/operator: | Tunis Air |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 75 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Tripoli -
 Libya
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN/DTTA) |
| Djerba-Melita Airport (DJE/DTTJ) |
Three hijackers demanded release of Habib Achour, a Tunisian trade unionist who had been imprisoned.
The aircraft diverted to Tripoli, Libya, where the hijackers surrendered.
Sources:
De Telegraaf 13-1-1979
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