One of the decisions made by Elazar during his tenure was the order to down a Libyan passenger jet that strayed into Israeli airspace and was suspected to be on a terrorist mission when it did not respond.
En af de beslutninger, som Elazar traf i sin embedstid var ordren om at nedskyde et libysk passagerfly, som var trængt ind i israelsk luftrum og som blev mistænkt for at have terrorister om bord, da det ikke reagerede på radioopkald.