Remarks: this is the historic 707 :On May 8, 1972 a passenger aircraft of the Belgian airline company Sabena Boeing 707 that was in flight from Vienna to Tel Aviv was hijacked by four terrorists from the Palestinian terroristic group Black September organization and landed at the Tel Aviv airport near Lod.The combat soldiers of the General Staff Reconnaissance Unit successfully release the 100 passengers and crew members of the Belgian "SABENA" airplane. The plane was hijacked on its way from Belgium to Israel by four Fatah operatives.The hijackers demanded the release of hundreds of terrorists which were imprisoned in Israel.During the negotiations with the hijackers by Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, the General Staff Reconnaissance Unit, led by Lieutenant Colonel Ehud Barak who later bacame Prime Minister, also participated in the operation were a young officer named Benjamin Netanyahu, who later also became the prime minister, and Danny Yatom, who became the head of the Mossad, took over the airplane.
Remarks: this is the historic 707 :On May 8, 1972 a passenger aircraft of the Belgian airline company Sabena Boeing 707 that was in flight from Vienna to Tel Aviv was hijacked by four terrorists from the Palestinian terroristic group Black September organization and landed at the Tel Aviv airport near Lod.The combat soldiers of the General Staff Reconnaissance Unit successfully release the 100 passengers and crew members of the Belgian "SABENA" airplane. The plane was hijacked on its way from Belgium to Israel by four Fatah operatives.The hijackers demanded the release of hundreds of terrorists which were imprisoned in Israel.During the negotiations with the hijackers by Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, the General Staff Reconnaissance Unit, led by Lieutenant Colonel Ehud Barak who later bacame Prime Minister, also participated in the operation were a young officer named Benjamin Netanyahu, who later also became the prime minister, and Danny Yatom, who became the head of the Mossad, took over the airplane.
Remarks: this is the historic 707 :On May 8, 1972 a passenger aircraft of the Belgian airline company Sabena Boeing 707 that was in flight from Vienna to Tel Aviv was hijacked by four terrorists from the Palestinian terroristic group Black September organization and landed at the Tel Aviv airport near Lod.The combat soldiers of the General Staff Reconnaissance Unit successfully release the 100 passengers and crew members of the Belgian "SABENA" airplane. The plane was hijacked on its way from Belgium to Israel by four Fatah operatives.The hijackers demanded the release of hundreds of terrorists which were imprisoned in Israel.During the negotiations with the hijackers by Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, the General Staff Reconnaissance Unit, led by Lieutenant Colonel Ehud Barak who later bacame Prime Minister, also participated in the operation were a young officer named Benjamin Netanyahu, who later also became the prime minister, and Danny Yatom, who became the head of the Mossad, took over the airplane.
