An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 720 similar to the incident aircraft
Incident
Date
8 December 1972 (1972-12-08)
Summary
Attempted hijacking
Site
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 720-060B
Operator
Ethiopian Airlines
Flight origin
Haile Selassie I International Airport
1st stopover
Asmara International Airport
2nd stopover
Ellinikon International Airport
3rd stopover
Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport
Destination
Charles de Gaulle Airport
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 8 December 1972.[1][2]
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