Hijacking of Air France Flight 139
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The Hijacking of Air France Flight 139 was a 1976 Palestinian-German terrorist seizure of an airliner en route from Tel Aviv to Paris that led to the famous Entebbe hostage crisis in Uganda.
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft hijacking
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hostage crisis ⓘ terrorist attack ⓘ |
| aircraftType | Airbus A300 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| airline | Air France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Entebbe hijacking NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| casualties |
one Israeli commando killed in action
ⓘ
several hostages killed ⓘ |
| commandoKilled | Yonatan Netanyahu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| context | Israeli–Palestinian conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfFlight | Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 1976-06-27 ⓘ |
| demand |
release of Palestinian and pro-Palestinian prisoners
ⓘ
release of prisoners held in Israel ⓘ release of prisoners held in other countries ⓘ |
| departureAirport | Ben Gurion Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destinationAirport | Paris–Charles de Gaulle Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destinationCity | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| divertedCountry |
Libya
NERFINISHED
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Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| divertedTo |
Benghazi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Entebbe Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flightNumber | AF139 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hijacker |
Brigitte Kuhlmann
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wilfried Böse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hijackerAffiliation |
PFLP-EO
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Revolutionäre Zellen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the most famous counter-terrorist hostage rescue operations ⓘ |
| hostagesHeldAt | Entebbe Airport terminal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedRoute | Tel Aviv–Athens–Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAspect | selection of Jewish and Israeli passengers ⓘ |
| numberOfHijackers | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfHostages | over 100 ⓘ |
| numberOfPassengers | over 240 ⓘ |
| partOf | Entebbe hostage crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perpetratorIdeology |
Palestinian nationalism
ⓘ
far-left militancy ⓘ |
| perpetratorNationality |
German
ⓘ
Palestinian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perpetratorOrganization |
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – External Operations
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Revolutionäre Zellen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedCountry |
France
NERFINISHED
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Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Operation Entebbe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resolvedBy |
Operation Entebbe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Operation Thunderbolt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resolvingCountry | Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
death of Ugandan soldiers
ⓘ
death of several hijackers ⓘ rescue of most hostages ⓘ |
| seizureLocation | over Greece ⓘ |
| startLocation |
Ben Gurion Airport
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ Lod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stopoverAirport | Ellinikon International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stopoverCity | Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Idi Amin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportingState | Uganda GENERATED ⓘ |
| targetedNationality |
Israeli
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jewish ⓘ |
| year | 1976 ⓘ |
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