| Date: | Saturday 30 May 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Owner/operator: | Alitalia |
| Registration: | I-DIBD |
| MSN: | 47234/435 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 35 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Cairo International Airport (CAI) -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Genoa-Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA/LIMJ) |
| Roma (unknown airport) |
A 23 year old Italian student armed with a toy pistol hijacked the aircraft to Cairo. After a refueling stop in Naples the passengers and crew were released in Cairo and the hijacker requested asylum.
Sources:
De Volkskrant, 01-06-1970
britishpathe.com
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