Alitalia - Incidents and Accidents

Incidents and Accidents

Listed here are incidents since Alitalia's relaunch of operations on 13 January 2009:

  • On 24 April 2011 an attempt was made to hijack Alitalia Flight 329, en route from Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France to Fiumicino Airport, Rome and divert it to Tripoli International Airport, Libya. The hijacker, reported to be an advisor to the Kazakhstan delegation to UNESCO, was subdued by cabin crew and other passengers. He was arrested and taken into custody after the aircraft made a safe landing at Rome.

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