ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322947
| Date: | Thursday 28 November 2002 |
| Time: | 07:15 |
| Type: |  Boeing 757-3E7 |
| Owner/operator: | Arkia |
| Registration: | 4X-BAW |
| MSN: | 30179/912 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 271 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | near Mombasa-Moi International Airport (MBA) -
 Kenya
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Mombasa-Moi International Airport (MBA/HKMO) |
| Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV/LLBG) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Arkia flight 582 from Mombasa, Kenya to Tel Aviv, Israel was just airborne after takeoff from runway 21 when the pilot reported seeing a flash of light on the left side of the plane. Terrorists had fired two missiles at the airplane, using 9K32 Strela-2 shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missiles (also known as SA-7).
The pilot elected to continue to Tel Aviv.
Simultaneously three suicide bombers killed 13 people at the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel near Mombasa.
Sources:
AP
BBC
Location
Images:
photo (c) Harro Ranter; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); 04 April 2000; (CC:by-nc-nd)
photo (c) Marko Milinkovic; Beograd-Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG/LYBE); 12 April 2017
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