| Date: | Monday 31 August 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Convair CV-640 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Algérie |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Dubrovnik Airport (DBV) -
 Croatia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Annaba-Les Salines Airport (AAE/DABB) |
| Algiers-Dar el Beida Airport (ALG/DAAG) |
Three passengers carrying pistols and a molotov cocktail hijacked the CV-640 and demanded to be flown to Albania. The airplane landed at Cagliari, Sardinia where the hijackers released eleven passengers. They continued to Brindisi and after being refused to land in Albania, the airplane landed at Dubrovnik.
There they were arrested by Yugoslav authorities.
Sources:
The Bryan Times - Aug 31, 1970
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