Operation Entebbe (Air France Flight 139)

Accident details

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Aircraft

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Registration

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From

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Stopover

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Passengers

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Crew

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Injuries

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Summary

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What happened

An Airbus A300, is hijacked from Athens by two Palestinians and two Germans who divert the flight to Libya and then to Uganda, where the plane is met by pro-Palestinian forces from Idi Amin's government; Israeli troops eventually storm the airport in Operation Entebbe, killing hijackers and Ugandan soldiers and freeing all but three of the…

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