The former French Resistance fighter earned France's highest award, the Legion d'Honneur, for refusing to leave the plane. Bacos was flying from Tel Aviv to Paris on June 27, 1976, when Palestinian and German radicals hijacked the aircraft, which was flown to Entebbe in Uganda. Bacos was flying from Tel Aviv to Paris on June 27, 1976, when Palestinian and German radicals hijacked the aircraft, which was flown to Entebbe in Uganda. IDI AMINAfter a refuelling stop in Muammar Gaddafi's Libya, the plane headed to Uganda, then ruled by brutal dictator Idi Amin. "As a former officer in the Free French Forces, I couldn't imagine leaving behind not even a single passenger."

Source: Daily Nation March 28, 2019 05:37 UTC