Airplane Crash - Entebbe, Uganda 06/27/1976
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Entebbe, Uganda
Date | 06/27/1976 |
Location | Entebbe, Uganda |
Operator | Air France |
Flight # | 139 |
Route | Tel-Aviv - Athens - Paris |
Type | Airbus A300 |
Registration | F-BVGG |
Cn/In | 19 |
Aboard | 258 |
Fatalities | 7 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | The plane was hijacked ,in Athens, by Palestinian terrorists and flown to Entebbe Uganda. Seven passengers were killed during a commando raid by Israeli armed forces to free the hostages. |
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