EgyptAir Flight 648
Airliner hijacking in November 1985 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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EgyptAir Flight 648 was a regularly scheduled international flight between Athens Ellinikon International Airport (Greece) and Cairo International Airport (Egypt). On 23 November 1985, a Boeing 737-200[2] airliner, registered SU-AYH, servicing the flight was hijacked by the terrorist organization Abu Nidal. The subsequent raid on the aircraft by Egyptian troops killed 56 of the 86 passengers, 2 of the 3 hijackers and 2 of the 6 crew, making the hijacking of Flight 648 one of the deadliest such incidents in history.
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Hijacking | |
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Date | 23–24 November 1985 |
Summary | Hijacking |
Site | Luqa Airport, Luqa, Malta 35°51′27″N 014°28′39″E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 737-266[1] |
Operator | EgyptAir |
Registration | SU-AYH |
Flight origin | Athens (Ellinikon) Int'l Airport |
Destination | Cairo International Airport, Cairo, Egypt |
Passengers | 92 (including 3 hijackers and 3 Egyptian Security Service officers)[1] |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 60 (including 2 hijackers and 2 crew members) |
Injuries | Several |
Survivors | 38 (including 1 hijacker) |
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