Unlawful Interference Boeing 720-058B 4X-ABB, Tuesday 18 February 1969

Date:	Tuesday 18 February 1969
Time:
Type:	Boeing 720-058B
Owner/operator:	El Al Israel Airlines
Registration:	4X-ABB
MSN:	18425/290
Year of manufacture:	1962
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 28
Other fatalities:	1
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, repaired
Category:	Unlawful Interference
Location:	Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH) - Switzerland
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH)
Destination airport:	Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV/LLBG)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
El Al Flight LY432, was a scheduled service from Amsterdam (AMS), the Netherlands to Tel Aviv (TLV), Israel, with an intermediate stop at Zürich (ZRH), Switzerland.
The airplane, a Boeing 720, was taxiing for takeoff at Zürich when it was attacked by a squad of four armed Palestinian militants, members of the Lebanese-based militant organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Several of the crew members were injured during the attack and the plane was severely damaged. The co-pilot, Yoram Peres, died of his wounds a month later.
An undercover Israeli security guard who stationed on the plane, Mordechai Rahamim, opened fire at the attackers, killing one.

Sources:

Eugene Register-Guard - Feb 18, 1969
El Al Flight 432 / Wikipedia

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