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Date: | Saturday 28 December 1968 |
Time: | 21:30 |
Type: | de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C |
Owner/operator: | Middle East Airlines - MEA |
Registration: | OD-ADS |
MSN: | 6448 |
Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
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 a 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) Mel Lawrence; London-Heathrow Airport (LHR); August 1963
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