Following Anwar Sadat's ascension to the Egyptian presidency, Libya's relations with Egypt deteriorated. Sadat was perturbed by Gaddafi's unpredictability and insistence that Egypt required a cultural revolution. In February 1973, Israeli forces shot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114, which had strayed from Egyptian airspace into Israeli-held territory during a sandstorm. Gaddafi was infuriated that Egypt had not done more to prevent the incident, and in retaliation planned to destroy the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, a British ship chartered by American Jews to sail to Haifa for Israel's 25th anniversary. Gaddafi ordered an Egyptian submarine to target the ship, but Sadat cancelled the order, fearing a military escalation.
Whose rise to the presidency of Egypt led to the decline in relations between Egypt and Libya? What nation's military destroyed Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114? What city was the destination of RMS Queen Elizabeth 2? Why did Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 accidentally fly into Israel's airspace? Jews from what nation chartered the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2?