El Al Flight 426 hijacking

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El Al Flight 426

4X-ATA, the aircraft involved in the hijacking
Hijacking
Date	23 July 1968 (1968-07-23)
Summary	Hijacking
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 707–458
Operator	El Al
Registration	4X-ATA
Flight origin	London Heathrow Airport
Stopover	Rome Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport
Destination	Lod Airport (renamed Ben Gurion International Airport)
Occupants	48
Passengers	38 (Including 3 hijackers)
Crew	10
Fatalities	0
Survivors	48 (Including 3 hijackers)

El Al Flight 426 was an El Al passenger flight hijacked on 23 July 1968 by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), setting off a wave of hijackings by the PFLP.