Sabena Flight 571

Sabena Flight 571
	Israeli soldiers rescuing hostages on the plane
Hijacking
Date	8 May 1972
Summary	Hijacking
Site	Tel Aviv-Lod International Airport, Lod, Israel ; 32°00′34″N 34°52′37″E / 32.0094°N 34.8769°E
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 707-329C
Operator	Sabena
Registration	OO-SJG
Flight origin	Brussels Airport, Brussels, Belgium
Stopover	Vienna International Airport, Vienna, Austria
Destination	Lod Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel
Passengers	94 (inc. 4 hijackers)
Crew	7
Fatalities	3 (1 passenger, 2 hijackers)
Injuries	3 (2 passengers, 1 commando)
Survivors	98 (inc. 2 hijackers)

Sabena Flight 571 was a scheduled passenger flight from Brussels to Tel Aviv via Vienna, operated by the Belgian national airline, Sabena. On 8 May 1972, a Boeing 707 passenger aircraft operating that service, captained by British pilot Reginald Levy, DFC,^[1] was hijacked by four members of the Black September Organization, a Palestinian terrorist group. Following their instructions, Captain Levy landed the plane at Lod Airport (later Ben Gurion International Airport).^[1] The hijackers demanded that Israel release Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the hostages. The standoff was ended by an Israeli commando raid in which all of the hijackers were killed or captured.

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^ ^a ^b Hevesi, Dennis (5 August 2010). "Reginald Levy Is Dead at 88; Hailed as a Hero in a '72 Hijacking". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 August 2010.

[NYT-Levy-2] Hevesi, Dennis (5 August 2010). "Reginald Levy Is Dead at 88; Hailed as a Hero in a '72 Hijacking". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 August 2010.

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