Air Afrique

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Air Afrique was based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast and was established as a transnational African airline

History

On March 28 1961, cofounded by Air France and the following 11 Western African countries:

On July 24 1987, Hussein Mohammed Hariri, a man claiming to be a member of Hezbollah, hijacked an Air Afrique DC-10 en route from Rome to Paris. He demanded to be flown to Beirut and, as a sign of his determination, murdered a French passenger, one of 148 passengers on board the flight. He also seriously wounded a stewardess who attempted to overpower him.

In 2001, the 11 African cofounders, which originally owned 68% of the company, sold almost two thirds of their stake in the company to Air France and other private investors in exchange for a $69 million bailout.

External links

[Google Groups - History of Air Afrique]
[Terrorism Knowledge Database - Hezbollah attacked Airports & Airlines target (July 24 1987, Congo (Brazzaville))]
[Air France]

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