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that was armed by one of the hijackers was rolled down the aisle by a passenger. The grenade exploded in the rear part of the fuselage, some 6 inches (150 mm) off the plane's centreline, blowing a hole in the cabin floor and damaging or severing several controls of the aircraft, including those
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1141:Ethiopian Air Lines Flight 372
933:Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
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1063:Eastern Air Lines Flight 401
853:Königs Wusterhausen disaster
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263:List of aircraft hijackings
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229:Onboard security guards
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1428:African airline stubs
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314:Hijacking description
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529:Flight 702
523:Flight 409
517:Flight 961
511:Flight 604
505:Flight 708
499:Flight 372
294:References
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159:Fatalities
62:Attempted
51:1972-12-08
269:Footnotes
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167:Survivors
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