TWA Flight 847 was a regularly scheduled Trans World Airlines flight from Cairo to San Diego with en route stops in Athens, Rome, Boston, and Los Angeles. [1] On the morning of June 14, 1985, Flight 847 was hijacked soon after take off from Athens. [2][3] The hijackers demanded the release of 700 Shia Muslims from Israeli custody and took the ...

On June 14, 1985, TWA Flight 847 was hijacked by Mohammed Ali Hamadei and a second terrorist brandishing grenades and pistols during a routine flight from Athens to Rome.

2009年11月13日 · TWA Flight 847 from Athens to Rome is hijacked by Shiite Hezbollah terrorists who immediately demand to know the identity of ”those with Jewish-sounding names.” Two of the Lebanese terrorists,...

1985年7月7日 · Two wild-eyed hijackers barrelled up the aisle of the Boeing 727 within 20 minutes after its takeoff from Athens. One carried a hand grenade with its pin pulled and the other a 9-millimeter...

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. The plane held 153 passengers and crew.

2012年1月23日 · It was an American plane, Trans World Airlines' Flight 847 on its leg from Athens to Rome, with 153 pas- sengers and crew members aboard, at least 100 of whom were Americans.

1985年7月1日 · June 14--Two Shia Muslim gunmen board Trans World Airlines Flight 847 at Athens and hijack the Boeing 727 after it takes off for Rome with 153 aboard. Plane is allowed to land in Beirut after...

The Flight-847 incident con­firmed both the government’s and the public’s tendency to concentrate more on the short-term drama of the hostages’ fate than on the long­term result. The safe release of the hostages is a major goal in an inci­dent of international terrorism, but that goal must also be placed in the context of national ...

Over the course of more than two weeks, the plane, originally scheduled to fly from Athens to Rome, made multiple trips between Beirut and Algiers. During a stop in Beirut, one passenger, a U.S. Navy diver, was shot at close range and… …also cited after the 1985 hijacking of …

TWA Flight 847 from Cairo to San Diego with stops in Athens and Rome, was hijacked by Mohammed Ali Hamadei, along with an armed accomplice. Over the next 17 days crisscrossing the Mediterranean from Beirut to Algiers, the 153 passengers and crew members were subject to beatings and death threats.