Famed israeli raid on entebbe airport culminated shin betstaged hijacking plot. Operation thunderbolt, known in israel as mivtsa yonatan. The movie contains interviews with former hostages, including captain bacos who together with his crew refused to abandon his. Raid on entebbe 1977 in this dramatization, members of the revolutionary cells and the popular front for the liberation of palestine hijack an air france flight, and the airplane makes its way. The hijack of air france flight 9 on june 27, 1976, by members of the militant organizations revolutionary cells and the popular front for the liberation of palestine external operations was brought to an end on july 4 at entebbe airport, uganda by operation entebbe.
Israelis rescue entebbe hostages israeli commandos have rescued 100 hostages, mostly israelis or jews, held by propalestinian hijackers at entebbe airport in uganda. Operation entebbe or operation thunderbolt was a successful counterterrorist hostagerescue mission carried out by commandos of the israel defense. A film depicting the 1976 hijacking of an airliner to entebbe, uganda and the spectacular rescue of passengers by israeli commandos casts light on the enduring obstacles to negotiations between. The objective of the hijacking was to secure the release of imprisoned red army faction leaders in german prisons. If you are going to make yet another movie about israels brave and heroic rescue of the hostages during the 1976 hijacking of an air france jet en route from tel aviv to paris, it would be w. The film is based on an actual event the hijacking of a flight by terrorists and the freeing of israeli hostages on. An air france airplane was hijacked on 27 june 1976. The film recounts the story of operation entebbe, a 1976 counter terrorist hostagerescue operation. Inspired by the true events of the 1976 hijacking of an air france flight en route from tel aviv to paris, and the most daring rescue mission ever attempted. It was released in the united states on 16 march 2018 and in the united kingdom on 11 may 2018. With batsheva dance company, zina zinchenko, ben schnetzer, daniel bruhl. The list contains the best, new and most relevant airplane hijack movies ordered by relevance. Operation thunderbolt in the us, is a 1977 israeli film directed by menahem golan and stars klaus kinski, yehoram gaon and sybil danning.
On july 4, 1976, israeli commandos stormed a terminal at entebbe. The plane landed in algiers, algeria, where the aircraft and its passengers became captives of algerian officials, starting a more than monthlong ordeal for many of the passengers and crew. The portrayal of prime minister yitzhak rabin was peter finchs final performance. In 1972, a team of commandos including a young binyamin netanyahu stormed a plane at a tel aviv airport to rescue it from black september hijackers. Zameen 2003 is a bollywood movie starring ajay devgan and abhishekh. Sabena to relive historic idf rescue of plane inside. Raid on entebbe 1977 stream and watch online in this dramatization, members of the revolutionary cells and the popular front for the liberation of palestine hijack an air france flight, and the. On july 27, the 10 remaining women, passengers, crew, as well as three children, were set free. But newly released documents contain a claim that the 1976 rescue of hostages, kidnapped on an air france flight and held in entebbe in. The palestinian freedom fighters wanted the release of prisoners held in israel and four other countries.
In new film, jewish director challenges israeli version of 1976 entebbe. Entebbe raid, july 34, 1976, rescue by an israeli commando squad of 103 hostages from a french jet airliner hijacked en route from israel to france. Raid on entebbe is a 1977 nbc television film directed by irvin kershner. The film recounts the story of operation entebbe, a 1976 counterterrorist hostagerescue operation. The story proceeds, day by day, from right before the hijacking to the aftermath of the rescue. This is the story about the daring rescue executed by the israeli defense force. Israeli commandos assaulted the building holding the.
In 1976, four terrorists hijack air france flight 9 en route from tel aviv, israel to paris, france via athens, greece and hold the passengers hostage after a forced landing in entebbe in the hope of forcing israel to release members of p. Thunderbolt, entebbe raid in israeli film the new york. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough, exciting and suspense films and tv shows about with airplane hijack, airplane, hijacking, danger, terrorism, heroes, terrorist, crimes, confined and race against time plots mostly in drama, thriller and action genres. When the plane had landed, the hijackers demanded the release of 315 convicted palestinian terrorists imprisoned in israel, and threatened to blow up the airplane with its passengers. In 1976, an air france airplane carrying 250 passengers to paris from tel. The 1970 palestinian hijackings of three jets to jordan. Film on 1976 plane hijacking illuminates israelipalestinian conflict. Soon after taking command, the hijackers separated the jewish hostages from the others and sent them to the back of the aircraft. With janet almog, michel bacos, ehud barak, moshe betser. The film recounts the 1976 hijacking by german leftwing extremists of a flight from tel aviv to paris and the rescue operation in uganda seven days later. Documents recently made public by the british government reveal that israel played a direct role in the notorious hijacking of an air france plane to idi amins entebbe in 1976 and cooperated with the popular front for the liberation of palestine pflp in.
Israeli transport planes carried 100 commandos over 4,000 kilometres 2,500 mi to. In new film, jewish director challenges israeli version of 1976. Charles bronson shines in typical tough guy form in this ensemble action drama. Sensational new fbi files have revealed three mystery suspects at the centre of a 46 year investigation into the only unsolved plane hijacking in history. Indian airlines flight 814, commonly known as ic 814, was an indian airlines airbus a300 en route from tribhuvan international airport in kathmandu, nepal to indira gandhi international airport in delhi, india on friday, 24 december 1999, when it was hijacked and flown to several locations before landing in kandahar, afghanistan. Many of the hostages were later released but 106 israelis and jews were still held. Its there when the nightmare finally ended for uli and the remaining 151 passengers and crew with the release of the head man. Michel bacos and a freed hostage spoke to reporters on july 5, 1976, at orly airport outside paris a day after israeli commandos at entebbe, uganda, rescued passengers and crew from a.
Lufthansa flight 181 was a boeing 737230c jetliner reg. My first movie was actually a documentary called bus 174 about the hijacking of a bus. Israeli transport planes carried 100 commandos over 2,500 miles 4,000 km to uganda for the rescue operation. Israels audacious commando mission in 1976 to rescue the passengers on an air france flight from tel aviv, hijacked by the. Operation entebbe or operation thunderbolt was a successful counterterrorist hostage rescue mission carried out by commandos of the israel defense forces idf at entebbe airport in uganda on 4 july 1976 a week earlier, on 27 june, an air france airbus a300 jet airliner with 248 passengers had been hijacked by two members of the popular front for the liberation of palestine external. Dabce named the landshut that was hijacked on the afternoon of october 1977 by four members of the popular front for the liberation of palestine, who called themselves commando martyr halima. Captain levy managed to send the israelis a coded message requesting help. Harkatulmujahideen was accused of the hijacking with the. Operation entebbe, also known as operation jonathan, was an israeli hostage rescue mission.
Hijack tale based on 1970s terrorist siege is just plane boring. In 1976, an air france airplane carrying 250 passengers to paris from tel aviv was hijacked by terrorists. The film recounts the story of operation entebbe, a 1976 counterterrorist hostage rescue operation. Entebbe is a 2018 action thriller film directed by jose padilha and written by gregory burke. Jose padilha on his reallife hijacking drama 7 days in. The story of the hijacking of air france flight af9 on 27 june 1976 from athens and the subsequent mission to rescue the hostages from the airport terminal at entebbe in uganda. As the more famous israeli hostage rescue operation in entebbe, socalled operation thunderbolt, has already been portrayed in several films and miniseries, the. The hijackers were reinforced at beirut by some dozen other members of their group and, finding out that the israeli army was about to airdropped and storm the plane, had flight 847 take off again and land in algiers. Mogadishu rescue 1977 the british special air service. So when i saw entebbe, i was like, ok, i know how to do this. Incredible factbased feature film that recounts the israeli governments daring and dangerous top secret mission to rescue an air france plane full of hostages at the hands of palestinian terrorists, who are aided by idi amin carried out on a sabbath day. At about 0100 local time 2200gmt, ugandan soldiers and the hijackers were taken completely by surprise when three hercules transport planes landed after a 2,500mile trip. Within a year, no fewer than three movies about the raid were.
This post contains spoilers for the movie 7 days in entebbe. It has been seen as a daring raid by crack israeli troops to rescue dozens of their countrymen held at the mercy of hijackers. On th october 1977 a lufthansa boeing 737 departed from majorca bound for frankfurt with 91 passengers and crew, most of whom were holidaymakers returning home. Two of the couples aboard were terrorists armed with handguns and explosives. When plane hijackings were palestinian terrorists weapon. The drama ended after nearly 24 hours when egyptian commandos stormed the plane. True story of a daring israeli commando assault on the entebbe airport in uganda to free hostages of a terrorist hijacking. With peter finch, charles bronson, yaphet kotto, martin balsam. The story of the hijacking of air france flight af9 on 27 june 1976 from athens and the subsequent mission to rescue the hostages from the airport terminal at. With assaf dayan, klaus kinski, gila almagor, yehoram gaon original title operation thunderbolt. On july 4, 1976, israeli commandos stormed a terminal at entebbe airport in uganda, where passengers from a hijacked air france jet were being. Operation entebbe and the freeing of hostages at entebbe airport in entebbe, uganda, on july 4, 1976. This is the fourth movie to dramatize the events of operation thunderbolt. In 1976, two german and two palestinian terrorists hijacked air france flight 9 en route from tel aviv to paris.
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