Incident Overview
Date: Friday 8 November 1968
Aircraft Type: Boeing 707
Owner/operator: Olympic Airways
Location: Paris-Orly Airport (ORY) –
ÿ France
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Unknown
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 130
Component Affected: Olympic Airways flightOlympic Airways flight
Category: Unlawful Interference
On Olympic Airways flight from Paris-Orly to Athens, two Italian male passengers hijacked the aircraft. They demanded the crew hand out pamphlets and threatened the crew with a gun and a hand grenade. They claimed to be members of the ‘International Command for Greece’ and requested a return to Paris-Orly for surrender to police.On Olympic Airways flight from Paris-Orly to Athens, two Italian male passengers hijacked the aircraft. They demanded the crew hand out pamphlets and threatened the crew with a gun and a hand grenade. They claimed to be members of the ‘International Command for Greece’ and requested a return to Paris-Orly for surrender to police.
Description
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.
Primary Cause
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