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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: TWA Flight 847
		TWA Flight 847 was an international Trans World Airlines flight which was hijacked by the Organization for the Oppressed of the Earth, a group with alleged links to Hezbollah, on Friday morning, June 14, 1985, while flying from Athens, Greece to Rome, Italy, from where it was scheduled to travel on to London.
		Flight attendant in an Embraer ERJ 145 LR (PBair, Thailand) Stewardess, circa 1949-50, American Overseas, Flagship Denmark, Boeing Stratocruiser In aviation, flight attendantsâ€”also known as sky girls, air hostesses, stewardesses or stewardsâ€”are members of a flight crew employed by airlines to ensure the safety of the passengers...
		TWA Flight 840 was a regularly scheduled flight from Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport in Rome, Italy to Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/TWA-Flight-847 (2510 words)

	Robert Dean Stethem, SW2, United States Navy
		The flight was hijacked to Beirut, Lebanon, and Stethem was shot in the head, his body dumped on the tarmac.
		TWA flight 847 was headed from Athens to Rome when it was seized by two armed men and eventually forced to land in Beirut.
		TWA Flight 847 was seized in June 1985 during an Athens-Rome flight and diverted to Lebanon with its 153 passengers and crew.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /rdstethe.htm (3500 words)

	Twa Flight
		TWA Flight 800 (TW800,TWA800) was a passenger flight from JFK (Jamaica, Queens, New York, New York) to Charles De Gaulle International Airport (near Paris).
		The flight number was retired and replaced with flight 924 after the crash, although TWA continued to operate flights between New York and Paris.
		TWA Flight 840 was a regularly scheduled flight from Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport in Rome, Italy to Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/209/twa-flight.html (1495 words)

	TWA Flight 847
		Trans World Airlines Flight 847 was hijacked on June 14, 1985.
		One of the TWA crew members, Uli Derickson, was widely credited with calming the hijackers and saving the lives of many passengers.
		The Greek government released the accomplice Ali Atwa; in exchange, the hijackers released eight Greek citizens.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/t/tw/twa_flight_847.html (570 words)

	twa flight 847 - terrorism victims
		It was an American plane, Trans World Airlines' Flight 847 on its leg from Athens to Rome, with 153 passengers and crew members aboard, at least 100 of whom were Americans.
		It was convinced that the hijackers of Flight 847 were in the same league as the ones who seized a Kuwaiti airliner last December, took it to Tehran and eventually killed two American passengers.
		One of the most troubling aspects of the plight of Flight 847 was that it was the third hijacking that occurred in the region within three days last week, and the second apparently engineered by Lebanese Shi'ites.
	www.terrorism-victims.org /terrorists/twa-847-hijacking.html (4122 words)

	Secants and Tangents » The Hezbollah Conflict and Aviation History: TWA Flight 847
		On June 14, 1985, TWA Flight 847, a Boeing 727 carrying 153 passengers from Athens to Rome was hijacked by two men wearing ski masks.
		TWA later reimbursed her for the cost of the fuel.
		Her credit card intrusion disrupted the flight crew’s move to keep the airplane on the ground, thus putting many lives in jeaprody for three more flights across the Mediterranean.
	www.mathguy.com /blog/2006/08/05/the-hezbollah-conflict-and-aviation-history-twa-flight-847 (569 words)

	Bangkok Post Breaking News
		Washington (dpa) - The United States expressed disappointment Tuesday that Germany released a convicted TWA hijacker and murderer, and vowed to bring Mohammed Ali Hamadi to trial on U.S. soil.
		Hamadi had served nearly 19 years in Germany for the 1985 hijacking of a TWA jetliner to Lebanon and the murder of U.S. Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem.
		TWA Flight 847 was hijacked after takeoff from Athens and was commandeered to Beirut, leading to a 17-day standoff.
	www.bangkokpost.com /breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=68838 (329 words)

	Facts For Your Files: A Chronology of U.S.-Middle East Relations
		TWA Flight 847 returned to Beirut where the gunmen killed U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem and read a statement which included the demand for Israel's release of some 766 Lebanese, mainly Shiite Muslims, being held in Atlit prison in Israel.
		TWA Flight 847 left Algiers for the second time for its third stop in Beirut, one hour before expiration of the deadline set by the hijackers to fulfill their demands.
		After 17 days of captivity, the 39 remaining American hostages from TWA flight 847 were transported to Damascus and, after a press conference in which they thanked Syrian President Assad for his intervention, flown to Frankfurt, Germany.
	www.wrmea.com /backissues/071585/850715013.html (986 words)

	Anatomy Of A Case: Flight 847 - Law Firm Barrett & Gilbert Attorneys Rockford, Illinois
		TWA Flight 847 was hijacked en route from Athens to Rome and forced to land in Beirut, Lebanon, where the hijackers held the plane for 17 days.
		They demanded the release of the Kuwait 17 as well as the release of 700 fellow Shiite Muslim prisoners held in Israeli prisons and in prisons in southern Lebanon run by the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army.
		Imad Mughniyah, a senior officer with Hezbollah, was secretly indicted for the TWA hijacking in 1987, along with three others.
	www.truck-accidents-barretandgilbert.com /CM/Custom/Custom9.asp (248 words)

	cbs2chicago.com - Fly At Your Own Risk: Mishandled Threats On Planes
		Flight attendants are raising the alarm after a written bomb threat was found on a recent United Airlines flight, while bullet casings were discovered on another plane in 2004.
		On Oct. 5, she was working a flight from O'Hare International Airport to Spokane, Wash., when she learned that the airplane had been threatened with a bomb.
		One high profile case was the 1985 hijacking of TWA flight 847 from Athens to Rome.
	www.cbs2chicago.com /investigations/local_story_319220004.html (1243 words)

	Airdisaster.Com Forums - View Single Post - TWA Timetable Tour (and other memorabilia)
		Another often forgotten TWA disaster is the sad story of F841 in 1974.
		Ironically, there were two TWA F841s that both made the record books (and which both spiral dived out of control), but the 1979 event is most remembered today.
		With two major crashes in the space of three months, 1974 was not a kind year safety-wise to TWA (and for the world at large, for that matter,) and did nothing to help its somewhat crash-prone reputation of previous years.
	www.airdisaster.com /forums/showpost.php?p=442616&postcount=53 (573 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/TWA Flight 847
		TWA Flight 847 was an international Trans World Airlines flight which was hijacked by Organization for the Oppressed of the Earth, a group with alleged links to Hezbollah, on Friday morning, June 14, 1985, while flying from Athens, Greece to Rome, Italy.
		Flight attendant Uli Derickson was widely credited with calming the hijackers and saving the lives of many passengers.
		Hezbollah reportedly denies culpability in the TWA Flight 847 attack, among its denials of numerous other attacks which have been attributed to the group as well.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/TWA_Flight_847 (1049 words)

	allmovie ((( The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story > Overview )))
		In June of 1985, TWA Athens-to-Rome flight 847 was seized by two fanatical, grenade-wielding Hezbollah Moslems.
		Written by Norman Morrill, the made-for-TV The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson stars Lindsay Wagner as courageous American purser Uli Derickson, whose knowledge of German enables her to communicate with the chief hijacker, a Shiite Lebanese who calls himself Castro (Eli Danker).
		The Taking of Flight 847 first aired May 2, 1988.
	www.allmovie.com /cg/x.dll?p=avg&sql=1:48467 (175 words)

	Kukui Roadhouse: 6/14/85 TWA Airliner Hijacking
		The gunmen seized the TWA airliner carrying 153 people over Greece as it was flying from Athens to Rome, forced it to Beirut, then to Algiers, back to Beirut and once again to Algiers.
		(UPI) - The gunmen seized the TWA airliner carrying 153 people Friday over Greece as it was flying from Athens to Rome, forced it to Beirut, then to Algiers, back to Beirut and once again to Algiers, landing at 7:50 a.m.
		(UPI) - A body identified by a freed TWA flight attendant as Robert Stethem was hurled off the Boeing 727 onto the airport tarmac on Friday night.
	www.mahk.com /sc615.htm (288 words)

	Rewards for Justice TWA 847 page in English - TWA_847
		June 13, 1985 – TWA Flight 847 Hijacking
		On June 13, 1985, terrorists hijacked TWA Flight 847 and flew to multiple sites before landing in Beirut, Lebanon.
		Rewards for Justice is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information that brings to justice those responsible for this attack.
	www.rewardsforjustice.net /english/index.cfm?page=TWA_847 (69 words)

	airodyssey.net - "This is a hijack!"
		After the flight engineer puts the pin back into the grenade, the hijacker introduces himself and says he is from some revolutionary organization in the New World.
		In the meantime, the 127 women and children from the Swissair and TWA aircraft, plus 114 passengers from the BOAC plane, were held hostage in hotels in Amman while the PFLP retains their passports.
		At first, the airport authorities refused to grant landing clearance to flight 847, but Testrake, threatened by one of the terrorists, was forced to insist, and finally clearance was given.
	www.airodyssey.net /articles/hijack.html (2314 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		The aircraft with its passengers and crew endured a three-day intercontinental ordeal during which one passenger, a U.S. Navy diver, was killed.
		The plane was diverted from airspace over Greece to the Middle East and made its first stop, for several hours, at the Beirut, Lebanon airport, where 19 passengers were allowed to leave in exchange for fuel.
		It is unclear whether this is the result of a deal or an initiative taken by Israel to maintain Nabih Berri's stature in Lebanon.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=TWA_Flight_847 (1033 words)

	TWA Flight 847 [Archive] - DA.C
		It remained active in the TWA fleet until it was withdrawn from use in November of 2000 and stored in Victorville, CA.
		Was there another TWA 727 that bomb in the middle east.
		TWA had considerable route authorities as they along with PanAm were the only American carriers that flew to Europe.
	www.diecastaircraftforum.com /archive/index.php/t-12350.html (788 words)

	albawaba.com middle east news information::Germany sets Hizbullah prisoner responsible for 1985 TWA hijacking free ...
		Hammadi, who killed Stethem during the hijacking of a TWA flight 847, had been sentenced to life without parole.
		He was convicted by Germany in 1989 for his role in the hijacking the plane and diverting it to Beirut and Algiers and for murder.
		TWA Flight 847 was hijacked while flying from Athens to Rome.
	www.albawaba.com /en/news/192845 (366 words)

	Print Page - Germans release TWA flight 847 operative
		A TWA plane - Flight 847- was hijacked between Athens and Rome
		Mohammed Ali Hammadi was convicted of killing Robert Dean Stethem in 1989 after the hijacking of an American TWA plane in 1985.
		Usually when poster A says something stupid and poster B calls them on it and then poster A says that poster B is his puppet for noticing and commenting on it, it means that poster A is tapping out.
	www.big12warzone.com /forums/index.php?action=printpage;topic=1649.0 (1159 words)

	TWA Flight 847 Hijacking: Terrorism: Essential Primary Sources
		TWA Flight 847 Hijacking: Terrorism: Essential Primary Sources
		By: The photograph was taken by one of the hijackers.
		On June 14, 1985, Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight 847, a Boeing 727 under the command of Captain John Testrake, was hijacked after departing from Athens, Greece, bound for Rome, Italy.
	www.enotes.com /terrorism-2-primary-sources-soc/twa-flight-847-hijacking (110 words)

	TWA jet had multiple security checks in Athens (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Flight 800, a Boeing 747, exploded Wednesday night while flying from New York to Paris.
		A TWA flight engineer on board the plane from Athens to New York said Thursday the flight went normally.
		In 1986, a TWA flight from Rome to Athens exploded in midair over Greece, killing four Americans.
	www.usatoday.com /news/index/crash/ncrash14.htm (435 words)

	airodyssey.net - "The Flight" ("The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story")
		TV movie about the hijack of TWA flight 847 in the summer of 1985 as seen by the lead flight attendant.
		The answers to all these questions are in a made-for-TV movie about the hijack of TWA flight 847 simply called The Flight when released on video, or The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story when broadcast on TV.
		TWA flight 847 is a Boeing 727-200, flying a Cairo - Athens - Rome - London (CAI-ATH-FCO-LHR) route.
	www.airodyssey.net /articles/movie-flt847.html (1746 words)

	frontline: target america: terrorist attacks on americans, 1979-1988
		Robert McFarlane, President Reagan's national security adviser, says that the operatives who carried out the attack on Fadlallah may have been trained by the U.S., but the individuals who carried it out were "rogue operative[s]," and the CIA in no way sanctioned or supported the attack.
		Kuwait Airways Flight 221, on its way from Kuwait to Pakistan, was hijacked and diverted to Tehran.
		TWA Flight 847 was hijacked en route from Athens to Rome and forced to land in Beirut, Lebanon, where the hijackers held the plane for 17 days.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/target/etc/cron.html (2670 words)

	TSA: Our Mission
		In response to the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 in 1985, President Ronald Reagan directed the Secretary of Transportation, in cooperation with the Secretary of State, to explore expansion of the armed Sky Marshal program aboard international flights for U.S. air carriers.
		Today, Federal Air Marshals serve as the primary law enforcement entity within the Transportation Security Administration and are deployed on flights around the world and in the United States.
		While their primary mission of protecting air passengers and crew has not changed much over the years, Federal Air Marshals have an ever expanding role in homeland security and work closely with other law enforcement agencies to accomplish their mission.
	www.tsa.gov /lawenforcement/mission/index.shtm (567 words)

	Parole for a Terrorist
		Hamadi is known to have savagely beaten at least three of the passengers of TWA Flight 847 during a seventeen-day standoff with international military and law enforcement agencies.
		His accomplices in the hijacking of Flight 847, Imad Fayez Mugniyeh, Hasan Izz-Al-Din, and Ali Atwa remain at large, and are all on the FBI's list of Most Wanted Terrorists.
		The plane's flight engineer testified that Hamadi had bragged about having killed the young Sailor, but none of the witnesses actually saw Hamadi pull the trigger.
	www.military.com /opinion/0,15202,83940_1,00.html (1476 words)

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