CYPRUS: AIRCRAFT AND PASSENGERS DIVERTED FROM STRIFE-TORN LEBANON WAIT TO FLY OUT.

Record ID: 1069816

  • Title: CYPRUS: AIRCRAFT AND PASSENGERS DIVERTED FROM STRIFE-TORN LEBANON WAIT TO FLY OUT.
  • Date: 10th May 1973
  • Summary: 1. GV Nicosia airport buildings 0.03 2. LV Aircraft on tarmac 0.08 3. LV PAN Guard walks past MEA aircraft (6 shots) 0.40 4. SV INT. Passengers waiting in terminal with luggage (5 shots) 0.53 5. SCU & SVs Woman with child & other passengers 1.01 Initials ESP/2110 ESP/2127 NOTE TO EDITORS: ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO OUR PRODUCTION NUMBER 4437/73, - "CYPRUS: AIRCRAFT AND PASSENGERS DIVERTED FROM STRIFE-TORN LEBANON WAIT TO FLY OUT" - SERVICED FROM LONDON, 10 MAY 1973. THE FRONT PAGE (DOPESHEET) INCORRECTLY STATES THAT "LEBANESE GOVERNMENT FORCES CLASHED WITH PALESTINE COMMANDOS AROUND THE AIRPORT AT NICOSIA". THE AIRPORT REFERRED TO SHOULD BE BEIRUT AIRPORT. THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF THE DOPESHEET SHOULD READ: "ACTIVITY AT BEIRUT AIRPORT WAS VIRTUALLY AT A STANDSTILL AS LEBANESE GOVERNMENT FORCES CLASHED WITH PALESTINE COMMANDOS AROUND THE AIRPORT IN THE CONTINUED STRUGGLE. PASSENGERS FROM DIVERTED AIRCRAFT FILLED THE HOTELS AROUND THE AIRPORT AT NICOSIA -- NORMALLY HALF EMPTY AT THIS TIME OF YEAR WHEN THE TOURIST POPULATION IS LOW." ON THE COMMENTARY PAGE, THE LAST SENTENCE OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH SHOULD READ: - "FOR THOSE REMAINING ON THE TARMAC, THE AUTHORITIES IN CYPRUS MOUNTED A MILITARY GUARD AND MAINTAINED STRICT SECURITY AT NICOSIA AIRPORT", AND NOT "LEBANESE AUTHORITIES" AS INCORRECTLY STATED. VISNEWS APOLOGISES FOR THESE ERRORS, PLEASE AMEND YOUR RECORDS ACCORDINGLY. Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 24th May 1973 13:00
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  • Location: NICOSIA, CYPRUS
  • Country: Cyprus
  • Reuters ID: LVA25TZ41DVFXTUXZ20GPDL9PHMJ
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