ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331670
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Date: | Saturday 28 December 1968 |
Time: | 21:30 |
Type: | Douglas C-54B-1-DC (DC-4) |
Owner/operator: | Trans Mediterranean Airways - TMA |
Registration: | OD-ADI |
MSN: | 10534 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Beirut International Airport (BEY) -
Lebanon
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | - |
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Destination airport: | |
Narrative:In a retaliation against Lebanon for a terrorist attack on a Boeing aircraft in Athens, eight Israeli Air Force Super Frelon helicopters landed at Beirut International Airport at night. Commandos set fire to, and destroyed 14 Lebanese aircraft.
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