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The aircraft carried 248 passengers and 12 crew members.—Four passengers were killed and ten injured. Of 260 people on board, 256 returned home safely.
The four passengers killed were:
- Jean-Jacques Maimoni—a 19-year-old French Jew who stood up while the Israeli commandos were shooting at the hijackers. They may have mistaken him for a hijacker.
- Pasco Cohen—a 52-year-old manager of an Israeli medical insurance fund, who was killed by the commandos.
- Ida Borochovitch—a 56-year-old Russian Jew who had immigrated to Israel, was killed in the crossfire.
- Dora Bloch—a 75-year-old British immigrant to Israel, was killed by the Ugandan government in reprisal for the raid while she under treatment at Mulago Hospital in Kampala for a condition unrelated to the raid. Her remains were recovered near a sugar plantation 20 miles (32 km) east of Kampala in 1979.
According to an Air France list, most of the passengers were Israeli, French, American, and British citizens. The complete list is:
| Nation | Passengers | Crew | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Brazil | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Denmark | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| France | 42 | 11 | 53 |
| Greece | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Israel | 92 | 0 | 92 |
| Italy | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 30 | 0 | 30 |
| United States | 34 | 0 | 34 |
| Total | 248 | 12 | 260 |
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