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Malév Flight 240 was a regular service from Budapest Ferihegy International Airport, Hungary, to Beirut International Airport, Lebanon. On 30 September 1975, the aircraft operating the route, a Tupolev Tu-154 of Malév Hungarian Airlines, on its final approach for landing, crashed into the Mediterranean Sea just off the coast of Lebanon. All fifty passengers and ten crew on board are thought to have been killed.[1][2] No official statement was ever made on the crash and its cause has never been publicly disclosed.
Malév Flight 240
HA-LCI, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen earlier in 1975
On 27 September 2007, Hungarian politician György Szilvásy, then Minister of Civil Intelligence Services, wrote a letter[3] to Róbert Répássy, Fidesz party member of the Hungarian Parliament, stating that Hungarian civilian national security services (Információs Hivatal and Nemzetbiztonsági Hivatal) had produced a report on the crash in 2003, and that the report stated that there were no available original (secret service) documents concerning the case. Szilvásy's letter affirmed that the report remains top secret, for reasons not connected to the crash.[3]
Hungarian television station Hír TV has carried a documentary film covering the incident.[4][better source needed] In December 2008, Dutch broadcaster NTR aired a piece on Malév Flight 240 alleging that there is existing photographic documentation of the search and rescue or recovery operation, and that fifteen unidentified bodies were recovered.[5]
According to unidentified witnesses, the plane was shot down, seen by a British military pilot and radar operators on a British radar station in Cyprus.[6][7]
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You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French April 2023 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the French article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 6 178 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at fr Vol Malev 240 see its history for attribution You may also add the template Translated fr Vol Malev 240 to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Malev Flight 240 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2012 Learn how and when to remove this message Malev Flight 240 was a regular service from Budapest Ferihegy International Airport Hungary to Beirut International Airport Lebanon On 30 September 1975 the aircraft operating the route a Tupolev Tu 154 of Malev Hungarian Airlines on its final approach for landing crashed into the Mediterranean Sea just off the coast of Lebanon All fifty passengers and ten crew on board are thought to have been killed 1 2 No official statement was ever made on the crash and its cause has never been publicly disclosed Malev Flight 240HA LCI the aircraft involved in the accident seen earlier in 1975OccurrenceDate30 September 1975SummaryCrashed into sea cause undeterminedSiteMediterranean Seanear Beirut International Airport Beirut LebanonAircraftAircraft typeTupolev Tu 154B 2OperatorMalev Hungarian AirlinesRegistrationHA LCIFlight originBudapest Ferihegy International Airport Budapest HungaryDestinationBeirut International Airport Beirut LebanonPassengers50Crew10Fatalities60Survivors0 On 27 September 2007 Hungarian politician Gyorgy Szilvasy then Minister of Civil Intelligence Services wrote a letter 3 to Robert Repassy Fidesz party member of the Hungarian Parliament stating that Hungarian civilian national security services Informacios Hivatal and Nemzetbiztonsagi Hivatal had produced a report on the crash in 2003 and that the report stated that there were no available original secret service documents concerning the case Szilvasy s letter affirmed that the report remains top secret for reasons not connected to the crash 3 Hungarian television station Hir TV has carried a documentary film covering the incident 4 better source needed In December 2008 Dutch broadcaster NTR aired a piece on Malev Flight 240 alleging that there is existing photographic documentation of the search and rescue or recovery operation and that fifteen unidentified bodies were recovered 5 According to unidentified witnesses the plane was shot down seen by a British military pilot and radar operators on a British radar station in Cyprus 6 7 References edit Malev Flight 240 Accident description Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 10 June 2018 Accident Synopsis 09301975 Airdisaster com Archived from the original on 12 February 2009 Retrieved 18 November 2007 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link a b Letter from Gyorgy Szilvasy to Robert Repassy PDF in Hungarian 27 September 2007 CINEMART Productions of Hungary Producer Ferenc Szohar Den Haag Vandaag The Hague Today NTR NOVA video 20 December 2008 Budai Miklos 8 October 2018 Still no hope in the most mysterious crash Aeronautics Archived from the original on 11 January 2020 Retrieved 13 January 2021 Crash of Malev Flight 240 World History Project Archived from the original on 16 January 2021 Retrieved 13 January 2021 External links editMagazine article in Hetek news magazine in Hungarian 12 December 2003 News article in Nethirlap online newspaper in Hungarian 30 September 2005 The Lost Malev website dedicated to Malev Flight 240Video recordings edit nbsp Titkok legijarata Flight of Secrets Youtube com documentary in Hungarian nbsp Az elveszett jarat MA 240 The lost flight MA 240 Youtube com documentary in Hungarian Portals nbsp Aviation nbsp Hungary nbsp Lebanon Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Malev Flight 240 amp oldid 1188280534, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
