A rare video posted on YouTube shows the first moments that followed the attack that targeted the plane carrying King Hassan II on August 16, 1972.
A rare video posted on YouTube shows the first moments that followed the attack that targeted the plane carrying King Hassan II on August 16, 1972.
On August 16, 1972, the plane carrying the late Moroccan king on his return from France was attacked by four military jets, who acted on the order of General Oufkir, a close adviser to King Hassan II.
Despite the treacherous attack, the Moroccan monarch escaped death miraculously. Though two of the three engines of the plane were damaged as a result of the attack, Kebbaj, private pilot of
King Hassan, managed to land the plane safely in Rabat airport.
As a result of his failure, Mohammed Oufkir committed suicide lat
