“And the next airplane in the flight pattern was an El Al flight.”
Yes. I remember reading that. Also, in the article I read, it stated that TWA and El Al traded places in the lineup for take off. I don’t recall if an explanation was given as to why.
The point the article was making is that the missile was targeted for El Al but those involved had no away of knowing the aircrafts had traded positions for takeoff.
I found it to be an interesting theory.
no away = no way