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Ethiopian Airlines Flight 708
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 720 similar to the incident aircraft
Incident
Date8 December 1972 (1972-12-08)
SummaryAttempted hijacking
SiteAddis Ababa, Ethiopia
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 720-060B
OperatorEthiopian Airlines
Flight originHaile Selassie I International Airport
1st stopoverAsmara International Airport
2nd stopoverEllinikon International Airport
3rd stopoverLeonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport
DestinationCharles de Gaulle Airport
Fatalities7 hijackers
Survivors87

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 8 December 1972.[1][2]

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