Estado: | |
Fecha: | jueves 16 agosto 1973 |
Tipo: | Boeing 720-023B |
Operador: | Middle East Airlines - MEA |
Registración: | OD-AFR |
Numéro de série: | 18018/157 |
Año de Construcción: | 1960-08-17 (13 years ) |
Motores: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-1-MC7 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 10 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 109 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 119 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Ninguno |
Ubicación: | Tel Aviv-Lod International Airport (TLV) ( Israel)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Vuelo Internacional Programado |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Benghazi-Benina International Airport (BEN/HLLB), Libia |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA), Líbano |
Descripción:A male hijacker entered the cockpit armed with two guns while the aircraft passed overhead Cyprus. He demanded to be flown to Lod. The hijacker was overpowered by policemen on the ground at Lod Airport.
Fuentes:
» Het Parool 17-8-1973
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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).
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.