El Al Flight 253 attack

El Al Flight 253 attack

El Al Flight 253, was a Boeing 707 en route from Tel Aviv, Israel, to New York when it was attacked by two Arab terrorists as it was about to depart from a layover in Athens Greece on December 26, 1968. One passenger was killed and one female crew member was seriously injured in the attack. The two terrorists, a 19-year-old Libyan and a 25-year-old, members of the Lebanese-based militant organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine fired a submachine gun and threw grenades at the plane as it sat on the runway warming up prior to take off. They were taken into custody by Greek authorities.^[2]

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