Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 AUG 1983 |
| Type: | Boeing 707-300 |
| Operator: | Middle East Airlines - MEA |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Tel Aviv (Israel) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Benghazi-Benina International Airport (BEN/HLLB), Libya |
| Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA), Lebanon |
One hijacker. Plane stormed/hijacker arrested. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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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.
