Malév Flight 240 was a regular service Supply from Budapest Ferihegy International Airport , Hungary , to Beirut International Airport , Lebanon .

On 30 September 1975 , the aircraft operating Being_in_operation the route , a Tupolev Tu-154 of Malév Hungarian Airlines , on its final approach Arriving for landing , crashed Catastrophe into the Mediterranean Sea just off the coast of Lebanon .

In December 2008 , Dutch broadcaster NTR aired Expressing_publicly a piece on Malév Flight 240 alleging that there is existing Presence photographic documentation of the search Scrutiny and rescue Rescuing or recovery operation , and that fifteen unidentified bodies were recovered Recovering .