The Guinness Book of Aircraft Records and
Feats, l992, sixth edition introduction stated that the old
record of 674 passengers carried by an airliner - 306 adults , 328 children and 40 babies – from Darwin after
Cyclone Tracy had been
bettered . In 1991 , an El Al Boeing 747 , evacuating Falash people from Ethiopa , had uplifted in one flight
1087 people , including three onboard births.