词条 | Ethiopian Airlines Flight 708 |
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|name = Ethiopian Airlines Flight 708 |occurrence_type = Incident |image = Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 720B ET-AAH LHR 1982-5-29.png |image_size = 250 |alt = |caption = An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 720 similar to the incident aircraft |date = {{Start date|1972|12|8|df=y}} |type = Attempted hijacking |site = Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |coordinates = |aircraft_type = Boeing 720-060B |aircraft_name = |operator = Ethiopian Airlines |tail_number = |origin = Haile Selassie I International Airport |stopover = |stopover0 = Asmara International Airport |stopover1 = Ellinikon International Airport |stopover2 = Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport |stopover3 = |last_stopover = |destination = Charles de Gaulle Airport |passengers = |crew = |injuries = |fatalities = 7 hijackers |survivors = 87 }}Ethiopian Airlines Flight 708 was a Boeing 720-060B, due to operate an international scheduled Addis Ababa–Asmara–Athens–Rome–Paris passenger service, that experienced a hijacking attempt on {{date|1972-12-8}}.[1][2] SummaryMinutes after departing from Haile Selassie I International Airport bound for Paris, when the aircraft was flying at some {{convert|29000|ft}},[2] seven members{{#tag:ref|There exists a discrepancy over the number of men and women in the group that attempted to hijack the aircraft, depending upon the source: five men and two women,[1] or six men and a woman.[5]|group="nb"}} of the Eritrean Liberation Front stood up and tried to gain control of the plane.[1] A hand grenade that was armed by one of the hijackers was rolled down the aisle by a passenger.[5] The grenade exploded in the rear part of the fuselage, some {{convert|6|in}} off the plane's centreline, blowing a hole in the cabin floor and damaging or severing several controls of the aircraft, including those of throttle of two engines, of the rudder, and of the horizontal stabiliser.[2][5] Despite this, the crew turned back the airplane to the airport of origin and managed to land it safely;[2] it sustained minor damages that were repaired later.[1] Security guards —there were six of them aboard— opened fire at the terrorists, killing six of the hijackers on board, while the seventh one died in a hospital.[1] See also
FootnotesNotes1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{ASN accident|id= 19721208-0|type= Hijacking|accessdate= {{date|2012-7-30}}}} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite journal |title=Mid-air shooting |journal=Flight International |date={{date|1972-12-14}} |page=854 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1972/1972%20-%203311.html |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69Xf8lMxK?url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1972/1972%20-%203311.html |archivedate=30 July 2012 |accessdate={{date|2012-7-30}} |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }} 3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite journal |title=No decompression |journal=Flight International |date={{date|1974-6-13}} |page=754 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1974/1974%20-%200886.html |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69XeUUNnj?url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1974/1974%20-%200886.html |archivedate=30 July 2012 |accessdate={{date|2012-7-30}} |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }} References{{Reflist|refs=[1][2][3]}} {{Ethiopian Airlines}}{{Aviation accidents and incidents in 1972}}{{coord missing|Ethiopia}}{{use dmy dates|date=July 2012}}{{Use British English|date=July 2012}}{{aviation-accident-stub}}{{Africa-airline-stub}} 6 : Ethiopian Airlines accidents and incidents|Terrorist incidents in 1972|Aircraft hijackings|Aviation accidents and incidents in Ethiopia|1972 in Ethiopia|December 1972 events |
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