| Date: | Friday 10 September 1976 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-231 |
| Owner/operator: | Trans World Airlines - TWA |
| Registration: | N94314 |
| MSN: | 20047/675 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Engine model: | P&W JT8D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 92 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Montreal, Gander, Keflavik, Paris-CDG -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA) |
| Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD) |
Five hijackers wanted to distribute propaganda regarding Croatian independence and demanded to be flown to Europe. Refuelings tops were made in Montreal, Gander, and Keflavik in Iceland. At Keflavik they demanded a Boeing 707 to drop pamphlets over London and Paris.
Their Boeing 727 continued on to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, where they surrendered.
Sources:
Nieuwsblad van het Noorden 13-9-1976
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 June 1970 | N94314 | Trans World Airlines - TWA | 0 | Washington-Dulles International Airport, DC (IAD) |  |
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