1968 El Al Flight 426 hijacking

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The 1968 El Al Flight 426 hijacking was an early and highly publicized Palestinian militant aircraft hijacking in which members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine seized an Israeli airliner en route from Rome to Tel Aviv and diverted it to Algiers.

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1968 El Al Flight 426 hijacking canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft hijacking ⓘ
hostage crisis ⓘ
terrorist incident ⓘ
aircraftType Boeing 707 ⓘ
airline El Al ⓘ
category 1968 in aviation ⓘ
Aircraft hijackings ⓘ
Aviation accidents and incidents in 1968 ⓘ
Terrorist incidents involving aircraft ⓘ
conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict ⓘ
countryOfAirline Israel ⓘ
date 1968-07-23 ⓘ
demandType political demands ⓘ
destinationAirport Lod Airport ⓘ
linked to: Ben-Gurion Airport
destinationCity Tel Aviv ⓘ
destinationCountry Israel ⓘ
divertedToAirport Houari Boumediene Airport ⓘ
divertedToCity Algiers ⓘ
divertedToCountry Algeria ⓘ
fatalities 0 ⓘ
flightNumber Flight 426 ⓘ
hijackerAffiliation Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ⓘ
hostageOutcome eventual release of all hostages ⓘ
hostagesTaken crew ⓘ
passengers ⓘ
impact heightened focus on airline security ⓘ
increased global attention to Palestinian militant tactics ⓘ
injuries 0 ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive international media coverage ⓘ
method seizure of aircraft in flight ⓘ
month July ⓘ
notableFor early Palestinian militant aircraft hijacking ⓘ
highly publicized international hijacking incident ⓘ
numberOfCrew 10 ⓘ
numberOfHijackers 3 ⓘ
numberOfPassengers 38 ⓘ
operator El Al ⓘ
originAirport Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport ⓘ
originCity Rome ⓘ
originCountry Italy ⓘ
perpetrator PFLP ⓘ
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ⓘ
politicalContext rise of Palestinian militant groups in the 1960s ⓘ
result international diplomatic negotiations ⓘ
prolonged hostage standoff in Algiers ⓘ
targetCountry Israel ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring Cold War ⓘ
totalPeopleOnBoard 48 ⓘ
victim El Al airline ⓘ
linked to: El Al

Israeli civilians ⓘ
year 1968 ⓘ

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Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine → notableEvent → 1968 El Al Flight 426 hijacking ⓘ