| Date: | Sunday 28 May 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Boeing 707 |
| Owner/operator: | Olympic Airways |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 135 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Athens -
 Greece
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Heraklion-N. Kazantzakis Airport (HER/LGIR) |
| Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT) |
Lone hijacker demanded ticket to London and medical treatment. Plane stormed/hijacker arrested. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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