Flight 847, into the hell of Beirut – Correspondent

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Correspondent

via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/lebanon-algeria-greece-us-syria-plane-hijacking-twa-flight-847-into-the-hell-of-beirut#.VXr1rDM8w20

On Friday June 14, 1985 Flight 847 of the US carrier TWA was travelling between Athens and Rome with eight crew and 145 passengers on board – 85 of them American – when it was diverted towards Beirut airport, opening one of the longest hijacking crises in aviation history.