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    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...
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  • The Killing Game. The Delta Force was "inspired" by the hijacking of TWA Flight 847. In 1980, Operation Eagle Claw is aborted after a fatal helicopter crash...
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  • Uli Derickson (category Flight attendants)
    American flight attendant best known for her role in helping protect 152 passengers and crew members during the June 14, 1985, hijacking of TWA Flight 847 by...
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    members during the hijacking of the commercial airliner he was aboard, TWA Flight 847. At the time of his death, his Navy rating was Steelworker Second Class...
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  • linked Hezbollah's Imad Mughniyah to the hijackings. On 14 June 1985, TWA Flight 847 was hijacked en route from Athens to Rome. One of the demands of the...
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  • Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (also known as The Flight) is a 1988 American made-for-television drama film based on the actual hijacking of TWA...
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  • was for an indictment dating back to the June 14, 1985, hijacking of TWA flight 847 by Hezbollah (see above). Additionally, the FBI also added to the Seeking...
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    Wanted Terrorists, being most notable for being the lead hijacker in the TWA Flight 847 hijacking. An alleged member of Hezbollah, he was convicted in a West...
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    the video for it. In June 1985, Roussos was among the passengers of TWA Flight 847 from Athens to Rome, which was hijacked, but he was released along with...
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  • custodial staff. June 14, 1985: Lebanese Shi'a Amal hijackers diverted TWA Flight 847 from Athens to Beirut with 153 people on board. The stand-off ended...
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  • Trans World Airlines (redirect from TWA)
    Kenneth Rush, and their explosives were revealed to be fakes. In 1985, TWA Flight 847 from Athens to Rome was hijacked first to Beirut, then to Algiers, back...
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    14 June 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847. Atwa allegedly intended to help hijack the plane but was bumped from the flight, was arrested but was then...
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    The fifth song on the album, "T.W.A.", appears to have been inspired by the Hezbollah hijacking of TWA flight 847 in 1985. In a 1989 retrospective...
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  • Hamadi, a Shia terrorist leader who allegedly masterminded the 1985 TWA Flight 847 hijacking and killed diver Robert Dean Stethem. Mohammed Ali Hammadi...
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    TWA flight attendant Uli Derickson who protected passengers during the TWA Flight 847 hijacking by assisting with negotiation efforts. TWA Flight 843...
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  • Northwest Airlines Flight 714 demanded to be taken to Cuba, landing at José Martí International Airport. July 4, 1968: TWA Flight 329 was hijacked out...
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    Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Robert Stethem, killed during TWA Flight 847 hijacking, namesake of USS Stethem James Stockdale, Navy vice admiral...
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    and the Middle East, including the hijacking of TWA Flight 847, in which a hostage was slain. The TWA incident had even impacted the Mediterranean cruise...
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    1985 interview on the tarmac of Beirut Airport of the crew of TWA Flight 847 after the flight was hijacked. He broke the news that the hijackers had removed...
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    was a major in the United States Army Reserve when, on June 14, 1985, TWA Flight 847 was hijacked by terrorists belonging to Hezbollah. He was brutally beaten...
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    "DEVGRU", "Task Force Blue", "NSWDG" Engagements Invasion of Grenada TWA Flight 847 hijacking Achille Lauro hijacking Operation Prime Chance Operation Just...
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    of Wolfgang Gerhard, are exhumed in Embu das Artes, Brazil. June 14 TWA Flight 847, carrying 153 passengers from Athens to Rome, is hijacked by a Hezbollah...
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    board. The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story was a made-for-TV film based on the actual hijacking of TWA Flight 847, as seen through the eyes...
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  • reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack, and for the Alas Chiricanas Flight 901 bombing via leaflets distributed in Sidon and a communique in the Lebanese...
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  • threatened to strike at terrorists following the recent hijacking of TWA Flight 847 (claimed by a similarly named Hezbollah-linked front), and linked to...
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    Izz-Al-Din, who had previously been involved in the 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847. Following negotiations with the Iranian Prime Minister 25 hostages...
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    FAM operational flights were almost exclusively conducted on domestic U.S. flights until 1985. After the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 in 1985 and the enactment...
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    time on 8 March 1985. On 14 June 1985, two Lebanese gunmen hijacked TWA Flight 847, which carried 153 passengers and crew and included Americans. In response...
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  • militant leader Ahmed Jibril. On 30 June 1985, 39 foreigners seized on a TWA Flight 847 en route from Athens to Rome, hijacked to Beirut, were released. On...
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    spent 68 days off the coast of Lebanon in response to the hijacking of TWA Flight 847. The squadron's last cruise with Nimitz lasted from December 1986 until...
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