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Hijacking of flight AZ 1790

30 Jun 1982 · Bangkok, Thailand

Alitalia Boeing 747 · Hijacking

From Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO) to Narita International Airport (NRT)

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Occurrence
Event fatalities
Unknown
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
Unknown
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Boeing 747

Aircraft type
Boeing 747
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
Unknown
Operator
Alitalia
Onboard fatalities
Unknown
Route
From Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)To Narita International Airport (NRT)

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

The hijacking of flight AZ 1790, operated by Alitalia on the Rome-New Delhi-Tokyo route with a Boeing 747 carrying 242 passengers and 18 crew (captain Giorgio Amoroso), was an act of air piracy perpetrated on 30 June 1982.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Italian Wikipedia article “Dirottamento del volo AZ 1790” (revision 139077425, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Italian Wikipedia article: Dirottamento del volo AZ 1790
Article
Dirottamento del volo AZ 1790
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
139077425 · 2024-04-30 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q48805967
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
Record
it Wikipedia article "Dirottamento del volo AZ 1790" (page 6582104, revision 139077425), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
Wikipedia article: the date in its opening sentence (the infobox gives none to the day)
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
Wikipedia article coordinates
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
operator is an airline according to Wikidata
Fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia article lead
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Italian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.