| Date: | Monday 31 July 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-8 |
| Owner/operator: | Delta Air Lines |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 101 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Algiers -
 Algeria
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Detroit (unknown airport), MI |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
Eight hijackers demanded money and demanded to be flown to Algiers, following a refueling stop at Boston. Duration of the hijacking: 2 days.
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