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: | UI |
Location: | Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH) -
Switzerland
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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 Location
Images:
photo (c) Jerry Hughes; London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL); 1963
photo (c) Jerry Hughes; London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL); 11 April 1965
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