.jpg) 4X-ATA, the aircraft involved in the hijacking | |
| Hijacking | |
|---|---|
| Date | 23 July 1968 |
| Summary | Hijacking |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 707–458 |
| Operator | El Al |
| Registration | 4X-ATA |
| Flight origin | London Heathrow Airport |
| Stopover | Rome Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport |
| Destination | Lod Airport (renamed Ben Gurion International Airport) |
| Occupants | 48 |
| Passengers | 38 (Including 3 hijackers) |
| Crew | 10 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Survivors | 48 (Including 3 hijackers) |
El Al Flight 426 was an El Al passenger flight hijacked on 23 July 1968 by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), setting off a wave of hijackings by the PFLP.[1]
Scholars of political science and terrorism studies have characterized the hijacking of the El Al Flight 426 as significant in the advent of modern international air terrorism.[2] According to David C. Rapoport, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the modern wave of left-wing terrorism began with the hijacking of the El Al Flight 426 in the context of the political unrest of 1968.[3]
- ^ "Drama of the Desert: The Week of the Hostages". Time. 21 September 1970. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ Porat, Dan (June 2022). Evans, Richard J.; Neuburger, Mary C. (eds.). "The Hijacking of El Al Flight 426: The Advent of Air Terrorism". Journal of Contemporary History. 57 (4). SAGE Publications: 1072–1088. doi:10.1177/00220094221107501. ISSN 1461-7250. LCCN 66009877. S2CID 250126489.
- ^ Porat, Dan (August 2024). Evans, Richard J.; Neuburger, Mary C. (eds.). "Dual Narratives of the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict in Court: Shaping the Perception of International Terrorism". Journal of Contemporary History. 59 (3). SAGE Publications: 576–596. doi:10.1177/0022009424126 (inactive 1 November 2024). ISSN 1461-7250. LCCN 66009877. S2CID 271824536.
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