Cyprus hijack 1950s?
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Cyprus hijack 1950s?
Hi,
I'm looking for information on an aircraft hijack that apparently happened in Cyprus where a stewardess was shot and killed by the hijackers.
I assume it was in the period of late 1940s to late 1950's but there is nothing on the internet about it. I'm not 100% sure it was Cyprus but that's what I've been told.
Any help is appreciated
Gleavage
I'm looking for information on an aircraft hijack that apparently happened in Cyprus where a stewardess was shot and killed by the hijackers.
I assume it was in the period of late 1940s to late 1950's but there is nothing on the internet about it. I'm not 100% sure it was Cyprus but that's what I've been told.
Any help is appreciated
Gleavage
I'm afraid your info is incorrect. Not Cyprus, never heard of that one. There was a Kuwait Airways 747 hijacked in 1988 that landed at Larnaca, and two passengers were murdered, and a Cyprus Airways DC-8 hijacking in 1978.
Gleavage, after a bit of further research, I found a book that I have, called "Flights of Terror" - aerial hijack and sabotage since 1930. For 12th Sep 1948, it mentions :
This sounds like the nearest to the incident you mention. Yeah ?
Ironically, the book was published in 1997, so does not include the worst hijacking atrocity of four years later.
While on a scheduled domestic service from Athens to Salonica with 23 persons aboard, a DC3 flown by the Greek carrier Technical Aeronautical Exploitations (TAE) was commandeered by eight passengers, some of whom reportedly beat members of the crew. The transport landed safely at Tetovo Yugoslavia.
Ironically, the book was published in 1997, so does not include the worst hijacking atrocity of four years later.
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The only thing I know is that one of the stewardesses was shot and killed. I don't know if she was the only one killed and I'm fairly sure she was British too.
I'd just like to know her name because she is fairly significant to my family and I don't know anything about her
I'd just like to know her name because she is fairly significant to my family and I don't know anything about her
The 1978 Cyprus mention jogged my fading memory. We took a Herc in with an RAF recovery team to recover parts of the Egyptian Airforce Herc which had been the recipient of an RPG 7 round fired through the open cargo door. This dissolved the flight deck from FS 245 (forward bulkhead ) forwards. The crew who were on the flight deck did not survive. The aircraft parts were recovered to Cairo West. My log books are in the loft so I cannot check dates, not even sure of the year !
Was it definitely a 'proper' full aircraft hijack?
August 20 1978
El Al stewardess killed when crew bus ambushed by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorists outside Europa Hotel, London, England.
August 20 1978
El Al stewardess killed when crew bus ambushed by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorists outside Europa Hotel, London, England.
