| Date: | Thursday 16 August 1973 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 720-023B |
| Owner/operator: | Middle East Airlines - MEA |
| Registration: | OD-AFR |
| MSN: | 18018/157 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-1-MC7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 119 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Tel Aviv-Lod International Airport (TLV) -
 Israel
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Benghazi-Benina International Airport (BEN/HLLB) |
| Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA) |
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.
Sources:
Het Parool 17-8-1973
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 August 1981 | OD-AFR | Middle East Airlines - MEA | 0 | Beirut International Airport (BEY) |  |
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