Status: | |
Date: | Friday 12 August 1977 |
Type: | Airbus A300 |
Operator: | Air France |
Registration: | registration unknown |
MSN: | |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 230 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 242 |
Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
Location: | Brindisi-Papola Casale Airport (BDS) ( Italy)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE/LFMN), France |
Destination airport: | Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA), Egypt |
Narrative:The Air France Airbus A300 was hijacked to Benghazi, Libya and then towards Athens, Greece, where the aircraft was denied permission to land by both Libyan and Greek authorities.
The plane, low on fuel, turned back towards Italy, landing at Brindisi-Casale Airport where the hijacker was seized.
Classification:
Hijack
Sources:
» L'Unità, 13-8-1977
Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport to Cairo International Airport as the crow flies is 2591 km (1620 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.