BBC program on Operation Thunderbolt inaccurate, says media watchdog group
On June 27, 1976, Air France Flight 139 was hijacked en route from Tel Aviv to Paris, a few minutes after leaving a stopover in Athens.
Air France hostages who were rescued from Entebbe Airport in 1976. The pilot of the plane, Michel Bacos (not pictured), died at the age of 95 on March 25th, 2019(photo credit: GPO FLICKR/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF