Stock Photo: This Aircraft Was Hijacked On June 14 , 1985, Last Twa Rev. Flight B-727 November 16 , 2000 N64339 Cn 20884 Ln 1065 .
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This aircraft was Hijacked on June 14 , 1985, LAST TWA Rev. flight B-727 November 16 , 2000 N64339 CN 20884 LN 1065 . Trans World Airlines Flight 847 was a 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 shortly 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 apron. Dozens of passengers were held hostage over the next two weeks until released by their captors after some of their demands were met.
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