Hijacking description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 JUL 1968 |
| Type: | Boeing 707 |
| Operator: | El Al Israel Airlines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 41 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 51 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Algiers-Dar el Beida Airport (ALG) (Algeria) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Roma (unknown airport), Italy |
| Tel Aviv-Lod International Airport (TLV/LLBG), Israel | |
| Flightnumber: | 426 |
Hijacked by three men of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
On August 31, Algeria freed the last 12 passengers and crew members and allowed a French crew to fly the seized airplane to Rome the next day.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
