1968 El Al Flight 426 hijacking
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The 1968 El Al Flight 426 hijacking was an early and highly publicized Palestinian militant aircraft hijacking in which members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine seized an Israeli airliner en route from Rome to Tel Aviv and diverted it to Algiers.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1968 El Al Flight 426 hijacking canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: 1968 El Al Flight 426 hijacking Context triple: [Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, notableEvent, 1968 El Al Flight 426 hijacking]
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Operation Entebbe
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Deir Yassin massacre
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King David Hotel bombing
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Pan Am Flight 103
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: 1968 El Al Flight 426 hijacking Target entity description: The 1968 El Al Flight 426 hijacking was an early and highly publicized Palestinian militant aircraft hijacking in which members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine seized an Israeli airliner en route from Rome to Tel Aviv and diverted it to Algiers.
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A.
Operation Entebbe
Operation Entebbe was a 1976 Israeli commando raid to rescue hostages from a hijacked airliner at Uganda’s Entebbe Airport, renowned as one of the most daring and successful counterterrorism missions in history.
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B.
1983 Beirut barracks bombings
The 1983 Beirut barracks bombings were twin suicide truck attacks that devastated U.S. and French military barracks in Beirut, killing hundreds of peacekeeping troops and dramatically reshaping international involvement in the Lebanese Civil War.
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C.
Deir Yassin massacre
The Deir Yassin massacre was a 1948 attack by Zionist paramilitary groups on the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin, in which over 100 civilians were killed and which became a pivotal and highly controversial episode in the Palestinian exodus during the Arab–Israeli War.
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D.
King David Hotel bombing
The King David Hotel bombing was a 1946 militant attack in British-ruled Jerusalem that destroyed the British administrative headquarters, killing dozens and marking a pivotal and controversial moment in the struggle over Mandatory Palestine.
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E.
Pan Am Flight 103
Pan Am Flight 103 was a transatlantic Pan American World Airways flight that was destroyed by a terrorist bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, killing all 259 people on board and 11 on the ground.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft hijacking
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hostage crisis ⓘ terrorist incident ⓘ |
| aircraftType | Boeing 707 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| airline | El Al NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
1968 in aviation
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Aircraft hijackings ⓘ Aviation accidents and incidents in 1968 ⓘ Terrorist incidents involving aircraft ⓘ |
| conflict | Israeli–Palestinian conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfAirline | Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 1968-07-23 ⓘ |
| demandType | political demands ⓘ |
| destinationAirport | Lod Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destinationCity | Tel Aviv NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destinationCountry | Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| divertedToAirport | Houari Boumediene Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| divertedToCity | Algiers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| divertedToCountry | Algeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatalities | 0 ⓘ |
| flightNumber | Flight 426 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hijackerAffiliation | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostageOutcome | eventual release of all hostages ⓘ |
| hostagesTaken |
crew
ⓘ
passengers ⓘ |
| impact |
heightened focus on airline security
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increased global attention to Palestinian militant tactics ⓘ |
| injuries | 0 ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive international media coverage ⓘ |
| method | seizure of aircraft in flight ⓘ |
| month | July ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early Palestinian militant aircraft hijacking
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highly publicized international hijacking incident ⓘ |
| numberOfCrew | 10 ⓘ |
| numberOfHijackers | 3 ⓘ |
| numberOfPassengers | 38 ⓘ |
| operator | El Al NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originAirport | Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originCity | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originCountry | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
PFLP
NERFINISHED
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Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalContext | rise of Palestinian militant groups in the 1960s ⓘ |
| result |
international diplomatic negotiations
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prolonged hostage standoff in Algiers ⓘ |
| targetCountry | Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPlaceDuring | Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| totalPeopleOnBoard | 48 ⓘ |
| victim |
El Al airline
NERFINISHED
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Israeli civilians ⓘ |
| year | 1968 ⓘ |
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Subject: 1968 El Al Flight 426 hijacking Description of subject: The 1968 El Al Flight 426 hijacking was an early and highly publicized Palestinian militant aircraft hijacking in which members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine seized an Israeli airliner en route from Rome to Tel Aviv and diverted it to Algiers.
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