El Al Flight 426 hijacking
Passenger flight hijacked in 1968 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
El Al Flight 426 was an El Al passenger flight hijacked on 23 July 1968 by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), setting off a wave of hijackings by the PFLP.[1] Scholars have characterized the hijacking as significant in the advent of modern international air terrorism.[2]
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Hijacking | |
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Date | 23 July 1968 |
Summary | Hijacking |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 707 |
Operator | El Al |
Registration | 4X-ATA |
Flight origin | London Heathrow Airport |
Stopover | Rome Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport |
Destination | Lod Airport (renamed Ben Gurion International Airport) |
Passengers | 38 (Including 3 hijackers) |
Crew | 10 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Survivors | 48 (Including 3 hijackers) |
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