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Air France Hijack 1976

BENNETT123 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2004, 6363 posts, RR: 1
Posted (8 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1366 times:

Does anyone know which Airbus A300 was hijacked.

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Airsicknessbag From Germany, joined Aug 2000, 4723 posts, RR: 38
Reply 1, posted (8 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1348 times:

Yes, I do. Wink/being sarcastic

Daniel

Airsicknessbag From Germany, joined Aug 2000, 4723 posts, RR: 38
Reply 2, posted (8 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1347 times:

ok, seriously, it was F-BVGG:

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PanAm747 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 4242 posts, RR: 10
Reply 3, posted (8 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 1325 times:

http://aviation-safety.net/database/1976/760627-1.htm

There's a link to an official account of the incident.

I tried including a direct link to the site, but if you go to this site:

http://www.jetphotos.net/census/

and type in F-BVGG in the box marked registration, it will show that it is still flying as TC-MNA for MNG Cargo Airlines - not bad for line #19 (and 30 years old!!).

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BENNETT123 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2004, 6363 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (8 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 1198 times:

Thank you for that.

I will save this thread and read the report later.

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