| Date: | Tuesday 26 October 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-6B |
| Owner/operator: | Olympic Airways |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 64 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT) |
| Heraklion Airport (HER/LGIR) |
A 20-year old passenger, armed with a gun, hijacked the flight and demanded to be taken to Rome, Italy. He was overpowered by passengers.
The airplane was on a flight to the Island of Crete.
Sources:
Limburgsch dagblad 27-10-1971
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