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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
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