Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
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| Date: | 31 AUG 1981 |
| Time: | 03:00 |
| Type: | Boeing 720-023B |
| Operator: | Middle East Airlines - MEA |
| Registration: | OD-AFR |
| C/n / msn: | 18018/157 |
| First flight: | 1960 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-1-MC7 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Beirut International Airport (BEY) (Lebanon)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Benghazi-Benina International Airport (BEN/HLLB), Libya |
| Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA), Lebanon |
Shortly after arriving from a flight from Libya, an explosion of approx. 5kgs of dynamite destroyed the aircraft.
Events:
Sources:
» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
» The Sumter Daily Item - Aug 31, 1981
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Benghazi-Benina International Airport to Beirut International Airport as the crow flies is 1422 km (889 miles).
Distance from Benghazi-Benina International Airport to Beirut International Airport as the crow flies is 1422 km (889 miles).
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.
