In the wake of the hijacking of Air France Flight 139 by members of the militant of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the hijackers' threats to kill the hostages if their prisoner release demands were not met, a plan was drawn up to airlift the hostages to safety.
You can say that this is similar to the "Kandhar incident" of india.....The only difference
being Israeli forces killed the terrorists and rescued their countrymen....India left
theTerrorists....
Highlights
1. Flying at a height of no more than 30 m (100 feet) to avoid radar detection by Egyptian, Sudanese, and Saudi Arabian forces.
2. Landed at the Entebbe airport in the middle of teh night....without any lights in the runway....
3. Four C-130s planes were flown from israel to uganda secretly.
4. On arriving at the airport the commandoes came in a mercedes benz...mimicing ugandas presidents return from overseas.....
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