Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
Status:
Date:27 JUN 1976
Type:Boeing 720-047B
Operator:Middle East Airlines - MEA
Registration: OD-AGE
C/n / msn: 18963/433
First flight: 1965
Engines: 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B
Crew:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Beirut International Airport (BEY) (Lebanon) show on map
Phase: Standing (STD)
Nature:Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Struck by rocket and shell fire shortly after passenger disembarkation.

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photo of Boeing 720-047B OD-AGE
 

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.
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