A potential hijacker on an Alitalia flight was overpowered by members of the cabin crew together with other passengers, after apparently holding a knife to a flight attendant.
The incident on Sunday night, took place on a scheduled flight from Paris to Rome operated by one of the airline’s MD80s.
The hijacker, described as a Kazakh diplomat working for UNESCO, had demanded that the flight be diverted to Tripoli.
The aircraft landed safely at Rome’s Fiumicino airport where the man was handed over to police.
The female flight attendant was treated at the airport for minor injuries. No one else was hurt.
