| Date: | Monday 14 March 1977 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-256 |
| Owner/operator: | Iberia |
| Registration: | EC-CBI |
| MSN: | 20603/915 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Engine model: | P&W JT8D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 37 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH) -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN/LEBL) |
| Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI/LEPA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |
A male Italian hijacker demanded to see his 3-year old daughter in Ivory Coast and his 6-year old daughter in Italy. The airplane made intermediate stops in Algiers, Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Sevilla, Turin, Zürich and Warzaw before flying back to Zürich were he was arrested by policemen pretending to be airline crew members. The hijacking ended March 16.
Sources:
El Pais, 15-3-1977
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