ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331595
| Date: | Tuesday 18 February 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 720-058B |
| Owner/operator: | El Al Israel Airlines |
| Registration: | 4X-ABB |
| MSN: | 18425/290 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 28 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH) -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH) |
| Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV/LLBG) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
El Al Flight LY432, was a scheduled service from Amsterdam (AMS), the Netherlands to Tel Aviv (TLV), Israel, with an intermediate stop at Zürich (ZRH), Switzerland.
The airplane, a Boeing 720, was taxiing for takeoff at Zürich when it was attacked by a squad of four armed Palestinian militants, members of the Lebanese-based militant organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Several of the crew members were injured during the attack and the plane was severely damaged. The co-pilot, Yoram Peres, died of his wounds a month later.
An undercover Israeli security guard who stationed on the plane, Mordechai Rahamim, opened fire at the attackers, killing one.
Sources:
Eugene Register-Guard - Feb 18, 1969
El Al Flight 432 / Wikipedia
Location
Images:
photo (c) Jerry Hughes; London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL); 1963
photo (c) Jerry Hughes; London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL); 11 April 1965
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