El Al Flight 253 attack

Name: El Al Flight 253 attack
Start: 1968

1968 CE.

Shown on the map at 37.898°, 23.729°.

The El Al Flight 253 attack was a terrorist attack against a Boeing 707 passenger plane by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The attack took place while the plane was on a layover in Athens en route from Tel Aviv, Israel, to New York City, United States in 1968.

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