Sabena Flight 572
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Status
Draft
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Also Known As
Sabena 572Flight 572Sabena Flight 572 crash
Tags
hijackingBlack SeptemberSayeret MatkalOperation IsotopeIsraeli commando raid1972 aviation terrorism
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Publication Type
Book
Publisher
Betascript Publishing
Published Date
7/1/2010
Authors
Lambert M. SurhoneMiriam T. TimpledonSusan F. Marseken
ISBN
9786130953010
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About
The Sabena Flight 571 hijacking (commonly misreferenced in some older or minor sources as Flight 572) occurred on May 8, 1972, when a Boeing 707 passenger flight from Vienna to Tel Aviv was hijacked mid-flight by four Black September Organization terrorists (two men, two women). The aircraft was forced to land at Lod Airport (now Ben Gurion International Airport) in Israel. The crisis was resolved by an Israeli Sayeret Matkal commando rescue operation named Operation Isotope, which killed two hijackers and captured the other two, with three passengers wounded.
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Uzi Beller
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Beller publicly referenced this historic counterterrorism operation in his February 2023 plea to Netanyahu, stating: 'I remember that when I came to visit you at 19 Metudela Street after the Sabena operation, when you freed the kidnap victims.' This invoked the shared history of the Netanyahu family's military heroism to appeal to the Prime Minister.
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Recent Events
Appointed Sayeret Matkal Rescue Team Leader for Sabena Flight 572
Ehud Barak served as Sayeret Matkal Rescue Team Leader for Sabena Flight 572
5/9/1972
Appointed Captain of Sabena Flight 572
Reginald Levy served as Captain of Sabena Flight 572
5/8/1972
Sabena Flight 571 hijacking
A Boeing 707 passenger flight from Vienna to Tel Aviv was hijacked mid-flight by four Black September Organization terrorists and forced to land at Lod Airport in Israel
5/8/1972