<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_raid_on_Larnaca_International_Airport" id="mw4Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Egyptian raid on Larnaca International Airport">Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport</a> in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Cyprus" id="mw4g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic of Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> authorities. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypriot_National_Guard" id="mw4w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cypriot National Guard">Cypriot National Guard</a> and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" id="mw5A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">C-130</a> transport plane in open combat.