Date: | Saturday 28 December 1968 |
Time: | 21:30 |
Type: | Convair CV-990-30A-5 Coronado |
Owner/operator: | Lebanese International Airways |
Registration: | OD-AEW |
MSN: | 30-10-31 |
Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
Engine model: | General Electric CJ805-23 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Beirut International Airport (BEY) -
Lebanon
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:In a retaliation against Lebanon for an Arab terrorist attack on a Boeing aircraft in Athens, 8 Israeli Air Force Super Frelon helicopters landed at Beirut International Airport at night. Commandos set fire to, and destroyed 14 Lebanese aircraft.
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photo (c) Airview
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Paris-Orly Airport (ORY); November 1967
photo (c) Georges Cozzika; Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO); 1966
photo (c) Georges Cozzika; Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO); 1966
photo (c) Georges Cozzika; Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO); 1966
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