27th June 1976 – Air France Flight AF 139 carrying 248 passengers and 12 crew, was hijacked by 4 terrorists while en-route from Tel Aviv – via Athens – to Paris. In Athens 4 terrorists boarded the plane, re-directing it to Bengasi in Libya, where it was re-fuelled, then flown to Entebbe in Uganda.  Passengers and crew were held hostage in the old airport terminal at Entebbe.