Narrative:
About 40 minutes after departure a male passenger, armed with a knife, entered the cockpit and demanded to be flown to Tripoli, Libya.
Libyan authorities denied permission to land there. The hijacker then demanded to be flown to Malta. Permission to land there was denied. The hijacker had been denied a visa to enter Algeria and was being returned to Rome. The pilot convinced the hijacker that the plane was running low on fuel and he agreed to landing at Catania, Sicily. Italy. About one-half hour after landing all passengers and 5 of the 8 crew were released. Later some of the remaining crew attacked the hijacker and with the help of police overpowered him.
» L'unità, 26-9-1982
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 25 September 1982 |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-243 |
| Operator: | Alitalia |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| MSN: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 101 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 109 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) ( Italy)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Algiers-Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG/DAAG), Algeria |
| Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO/LIRF), Italy | |
| Flightnumber: | AZ871 |
About 40 minutes after departure a male passenger, armed with a knife, entered the cockpit and demanded to be flown to Tripoli, Libya.
Libyan authorities denied permission to land there. The hijacker then demanded to be flown to Malta. Permission to land there was denied. The hijacker had been denied a visa to enter Algeria and was being returned to Rome. The pilot convinced the hijacker that the plane was running low on fuel and he agreed to landing at Catania, Sicily. Italy. About one-half hour after landing all passengers and 5 of the 8 crew were released. Later some of the remaining crew attacked the hijacker and with the help of police overpowered him.
Classification:
HijackSources:
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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 Algiers-Houari Boumediene Airport to Roma-Fiumicino Airport as the crow flies is 956 km (598 miles).
Distance from Algiers-Houari Boumediene Airport to Roma-Fiumicino Airport as the crow flies is 956 km (598 miles).
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