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Hungarian plane exploded, widower struggles to bury his late wife
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A Hungarian aircraft blew up and plunged into the sea, claiming the lives of all on board, their remains lost in the depths of the sea. The only wish of a Hungarian stewardess’s widower is to lay his spouse to rest, yet the task appears impossible.
According to Blikk, a Hungarian news outlet, Malév’s TU-154 passenger carrier met its tragic fate on 30 September 1975, when it was probably shot, and thus, it crashed into the sea. Mr Németh, who lost his 24-year-old wife, a flight attendant who worked on board of the ill-fated plane, remains haunted by the enigma of the Hungarian aircraft and its people, vanishing into the abyss of the deep sea.
However, László Németh, the Hungarian widower, clings to the hope of recovering his long-lost wife’s earthly remains and giving her a proper burial. Based on some sources, nearly half a century ago, Lebanese rescue teams managed to retrieve some of the victims. Still, these claims do little to console the grief-stricken widower.
Mr Németh recalls that soon after the tragedy, speculations arose that the Hungarian plane had carried weaponry and fighters to support the Palestinian cause against Israel, as the Soviet Union backed that struggle, while the USA aided Israel. According to this narrative, the Hungarian plane fell victim to one of the numerous peripheral conflicts of the Cold War.