Narrative:
In a retaliation against Lebanon for a terrorist attack on a Boeing aircraft in Athens, 8 Israeli Air Force Aérospatiale Super Frelon helicopters landed at Beirut International Airport at night. Commandos set fire to, and destroyed 14 Lebanese aircraft.
Damaged on the ground
accident date: 28-12-1968
type: Vickers VC10-1102
registration: 9G-ABP
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 28 December 1968 |
| Time: | 21:30 |
| Type: |  Vickers VC10-1102 |
| Operating for: | Middle East Airlines - MEA |
| Leased from: | Ghana Airways |
| Registration: | 9G-ABP |
| MSN: | 824 |
| First flight: | 1965-05-21 (3 years 7 months) |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls-Royce Conway 540 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Beirut International Airport (BEY) ( Lebanon)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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In a retaliation against Lebanon for a terrorist attack on a Boeing aircraft in Athens, 8 Israeli Air Force Aérospatiale Super Frelon helicopters landed at Beirut International Airport at night. Commandos set fire to, and destroyed 14 Lebanese aircraft.
Classification:
Destroyed on groundDamaged on the ground
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accident date: 28-12-1968
type: Vickers VC10-1102
registration: 9G-ABP
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