Date: | Thursday 19 September 1991 |
Time: | |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) |
Owner/operator: | Alitalia |
Registration: | I-DAWC |
MSN: | 49198/1142 |
Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 137 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN) -
Tunisia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO/LIRF) |
Destination airport: | Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN/DTTA) |
Narrative:A Tunisian immigrant hijacked an Alitalia DC-9 aircraft with 130 passengers and seven crew members en route from Rome to Tunis. The hijacker, armed with a pistol and claiming to have a bomb in a bag, seized a flight attendant as hostage and demanded to land in Algiers . The crew refused, however, and instead landed in Tunis at 16:55, two hours and seven minutes after takeoff. The hijacker was apprehended by antiterrorist commandos. No explosive device was found and there were no injuries.
Sources:
Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1991 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
L'Unità, 20-9-1991
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