| Date: | Friday 30 April 1976 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 |
| Owner/operator: | Türk Hava Yollari - THY |
| Registration: | TC-JAY |
| MSN: | 46907/78 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 264 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY) -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO) |
| Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport (IST/LTBA) |
The THY flight to Istanbul was hijacked after takeoff from Paris. A Turkish migrant worker demanded to be flown to Marseille or Lyon. The flight returned to land at Orly Airport were the hijacker surrendered after two and a half hours.
He had lost his job in France and was being expelled back to Turkey.
Sources:
The Windsor Star - May 1, 1976
Abdullah Nergiz (E-mail, 30-6-2010)
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