Date:	Friday 24 July 1987
Time:
Type:	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
Owner/operator:	Air Afrique
Registration:	TU-TAL
MSN:	46890/77
Year of manufacture:	1972
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 158
Aircraft damage:	Unknown
Category:	UI
Location:	Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA) -   Switzerland
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO/LIRF)
Destination airport:	Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG)
Confidence Rating:

Narrative:
Air Afrique Flight 056, a DC-10 which had originated in Brazzaville, Congo, was hijacked over northern Italy while en route from Rome to Paris with 143 passengers and 15 crew members. The hijacker apparently smuggled a gun on the plane when he boarded in Bangui, Central African Republic, during a stop-over. He demanded to be flown to Beirut but allowed the pilot to land in Geneva for refueling. The hijacker, a Lebanese Shiite, demanded the release of prisoners held in West Germany. He singled out a French national, shot him to death and threatened to kill others. The aircraft was stormed by Swiss police when passengers broke open emergency doors and began escaping after the pilot announced that the aircraft was preparing to take off for Beirut. A flight attendant was wounded when he attempted to overpower the hijacker and 29 passengers were hurt fleeing from the plane.

L'Unità 25-7-1987
Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1987 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
Le Nouvelliste, 25 July 1987

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photo (c) Guillaume de Syon; Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA); 24 July 1987

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