Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 28 DEC 1968 |
| Time: | 21:30 |
| Type: | de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C |
| Operator: | Middle East Airlines - MEA |
| Registration: | OD-ADQ |
| C/n / msn: | 6446 |
| First flight: | 1961 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Beirut International Airport (BEY) (Lebanon)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
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In a retaliation against Lebanon for a terrorist attack on a Boeing aircraft in Athens, 8 Israeli Air Force Super Frelon helicopters landed at Beirut International Airport at night. Commandos set fire to, and destroyed 14 Lebanese aircraft.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
