| Date: | Saturday 4 September 1976 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-9-33RC |
| Owner/operator: | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
| Registration: | PH-DNM |
| MSN: | 47191/280 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 84 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Larnaca Airport (LCA) -
 Cyprus
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE/LFMN) |
| Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM) |
The aircraft was hijacked by three persons while en route from France to Amsterdam. It was rerouted to Tunisia, Cyprus, and Israel where it circled off shore. Plane returned to Cyprus and hijackers surrendered and turned over to Libyan embassy.
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