Date:	Sunday 6 September 1970
Time:
Type:	Boeing 747-121
Owner/operator:	Pan American World Airways (Pan Am)
Registration:	N752PA
MSN:	19656/34
Year of manufacture:	1970
Total airframe hrs:	1125 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Unlawful Interference
Location:	Cairo International Airport (CAI) -   Egypt
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM)
Destination airport:	New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK)

Narrative:
The aircraft, carrying 153 passengers and 17 crewmembers, was hijacked by two men just after leaving Amsterdam. The flight diverted to Beirut, where 7 others boarded the plane. The aircraft was then flown to Cairo. All occupants evacuated the aircraft immediately after landing. Only minutes later, the aircraft was blown up.

Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
Aviation Week & Space Technology 14.09.1970 (33, 35, 36)

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