Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 28 NOV 2002 |
| Type: | Boeing 757-3E7 |
| Operator: | Arkia |
| Registration: | 4X-BAW |
| C/n / msn: | 30179/912 |
| First flight: | 2000 |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls Royce RB211-535E4B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 261 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 271 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | near Mombasa (Kenya) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Mombasa-Moi International Airport (MBA/HKMO), Kenya |
| Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV/LLBG), Israel | |
| Flightnumber: | 582 |
Two terrorists fired two missiles at the airplane when it had just taken off from Mombasa, using SA-7 Strela shoulder-launched surface-to-air missile launchers.
The pilot reported seeing a flash of light on the left side of the plane and elected to continue to Tel Aviv.
Simultaneously three suicide bombers killed 13 people at the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel near Mombasa.
Events:
Sources:
» AP
» BBC
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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 Mombasa-Moi International Airport to Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion International Airport as the crow flies is 4021 km (2513 miles).
Distance from Mombasa-Moi International Airport to Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion International Airport as the crow flies is 4021 km (2513 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.
