| Date: | Friday 30 September 1977 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle |
| Owner/operator: | Air Inter |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 98 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY) -
 France
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO) |
| Lyon Satolas Airfield (LYS/LFLL) |
The Caravelle was hijacked by a man armed with a pistol and a hand grenade. The flight returned to Orly. After about eight hours police marksmen fired tear gas grenades and stormed the plane. The hijacker lobbed his hand grenade toward the cockpit, killing one passenger. Shot were fired and the hijacker was arrested.
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