ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331716
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| Date: | Friday 8 November 1968 |
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| Type: | Boeing 707 |
| Owner/operator: | Olympic Airways |
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| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 130 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY) -
 France
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO) |
| Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT) |
Two Italian male passengers hijacked an Olympic Airways flight from Paris-Orly, France to Athens-Greece. They threatened the crew with a gun and a hand grenade and forced the cabin crew to hand out pamphlets among the passengers. The hijackers claimed to be members of the "International Command for Greece".
The hijackers then requested the crew to land back at Paris-Orly were they surrendered to policemen.
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