Photo taken in 1987 of N64339, the aircraft involved in the hijacking.
Hijacking
Date
June 14, 1985
Summary
Hijacking
Site
Greek airspace
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 727–231
Operator
Trans World Airlines
Registration
N64339
Flight origin
Cairo International Airport
1st stopover
Athens (Ellinikon) Int'l Airport
2nd stopover
Leonardo da Vinci Int'l Airport
3rd stopover
Logan International Airport
4th stopover
Los Angeles International Airport
Destination
San Diego International Airport
Occupants
147
Passengers
139
Crew
8
Fatalities
1
Survivors
146
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South Lebanon conflict
Engagements
Iron Fist
Zrarieh raid
Night of the Gliders
Naameh Raid
Law and Order
September 1992 clashes
Accountability
Grapes of Wrath (Qana * Nabatieh * Mansouri)
1997 Israeli helicopter disaster
Ansariya ambush
Battle of Khiam
International incidents
TWA Flight 847
Buenos Aires embassy
AMIA bombing
Alas Chiricanas Flight 901
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 plane repeatedly to Beirut and Algiers.[1] Later Western analysis considered them members of the Hezbollah group, an allegation Hezbollah rejects.
The passengers and crew endured a three-day intercontinental ordeal. Some passengers were threatened and some beaten. Passengers with Jewish-sounding names were separated from the others. United States Navy diver Robert Stethem was murdered, and his body was thrown onto the airport apron. Dozens of passengers were kept hostage during the next two weeks until released by their captors after some of their demands were met.
^ abSmith, William E. June 24, 2001. Terror Aboard Flight 847. TIME Magazine. Retrieved: 24 November 2012.
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