Back اختطاف طائرة العال رحلة 426 Arabic Segrest del vol El Al 426 Catalan Let El Al 426 Czech Détournement du vol El Al 426 French חטיפת מטוס אל על לאלג'יריה HE Dirottamento del volo El Al 426 Italian エル・アル航空426便ハイジャック事件 Japanese 엘알 이스라엘 항공 426편 납치 사건 Korean Угон Boeing 707 в Алжир Russian เอ็ลอัล เที่ยวบินที่ 426 Thai
.jpg) 4X-ATA, the aircraft involved in the hijacking | |
| Hijacking | |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Occupants | 48 |
| Passengers | 38 (Including 3 hijackers) |
| Crew | 10 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Survivors | 48 (Including 3 hijackers) |
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]
- ^ "Drama of the Desert: The Week of the Hostages". Time.com. 21 September 1970. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ Porat, Dan (2022). "The Hijacking of El Al Flight 426: The Advent of Air Terrorism". Journal of Contemporary History. 57 (4): 1072–1088. doi:10.1177/00220094221107501. ISSN 0022-0094. S2CID 250126489.
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