El Al Flight 253
Boeing 707 · Terrorist attack
From Tel Aviv, Israel to New York City, United States
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Incident
- Event fatalities
- 1 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 50
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 2
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Boeing 707
- Aircraft type
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- Unknown
- Operator
- El Al
- Onboard fatalities
- 1
- Route
- From Tel Aviv, IsraelTo New York City, United States
Approximate · Estimated position: Ellinikon International Airport, the airport the Wikipedia article names as the site. Where on or near it is not known.
From the Wikipedia article
The El Al Flight 253 attack was a terrorist attack against a Boeing 707 passenger plane by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The attack took place while the plane was on a layover in Athens en route from Tel Aviv, Israel, to New York City, United States in 1968.
Background
Days before the attack, European and American authorities warned European airlines about bomb threats during the pre-Christmas holiday rush.
The incident came five months after a group of self-styled Palestinian Arab commandos hijacked El Al Flight 426 on July 23, shortly after it took-off from Rome for Tel Aviv and forced it to fly to Algiers. Algeria eventually released all passengers, crew and the plane.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: El Al Flight 253
- Article
- El Al Flight 253
- Revision
- 1349004873 · 2026-04-15 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q2895966
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "El Al Flight 253" (page 25694598, revision 1349004873)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- airport the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- flight number in the article title
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.