- Title: ISRAEL: AIRLINE TEAM LEAVES TO INVESTIGATE ATHENS ATTACK
- Date: 27th December 1968
- Summary: 1. MV AIRPORT BUILDING. 0.05 2. MV GUARD WAVING CAR ON, AIRCRAFT IN B/G 0.08 3. MV EL AL AIRCRAFT TOWED ON TO RUNWAY. 0.13 4. CU GUARD WATCHING 0.17 5. MV AIRCRAFT. 0.21 6. MV SECURITY GUARDS SEARCHING JET MOTORS. 0.38 7. MV GUARD BESIDE AIRCRAFT. 0.40 8. MV PASSENGERS ETC. WITH AIR HOSTESSES SHOWING TICKETS (4
- Embargoed: 11th January 1969 13:00
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- Location: LOD AIRPORT, ISRAEL
- City:
- Country: Israel
- Reuters ID: LVA5Z95LZO2Y9VBFHFLWVM58N7QD
- Story Text: A TEAM FROM THE
ISRAELI AIRLINE EL AL LEFT LOD AIRPORT YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) FOR ATHENS, WHERE
THEY WILL CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS INTO YESTERDAY'S ATTACK ON AN EL AL AIRLINE BY
TWO ARABS. THE ARABS ATTACKED THE AIRCRAFT WITH MACHINE GUNS AND INCENDIARY
FIRE, AND ATHENS POLICE LATER ANNOUNCED THAT TWO ARRESTS HAD BEEN MADE.
ONE PASSENGER WAS KILLED AND A STEWARDESS WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN THE ATTACK.
POLICE SAID THEY HAD ARRESTED MAHEB H. SLEIMAN, 19, OF TRIPOLI, LIBYA, AND
MAHMOUD MUHAMMED, 25, A PALESTINIAN ARAB. EYEWITNESSES SAID TWO MEN APPROACHED
THE AIRCRAFT AS IT WAS WARMING UP AFTER ITS 41 PASSENGERS AND CREW OF 10 HAD
GONE ON BOARD. ONE OF THE MEN PRODUCED A RUSSIAN-MADE MACHINE GUN AND OPENED
FIRE ON THE PORT ENGINES, WHILE THE OTHER THREW INCENDIARY FIRE GRENADES.
THE EL AL INVESTIGATION TEAM THAT LEFT ISRAEL YESTERDAY WAS HEADED BY THE
AIRLINE'S ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER. SPECIAL SECURITY MEASURES WERE PUT INTO
EFFECT AT LOD AIRPORT AS THE TEAM FLEW OUT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SEARCHED AND GUARDS
STOOD BY AS IT TOOK OFF FOR ATHENS.
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