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TWA flight 847 hijacking  

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  • On June 14, 1985, two gunmen used hand grenades and a pistol to overpower a commercial jet bound for Rome from Athens. The 153 passengers and crew members aboard Trans World Airlines Flight 847, many of them Americans, were caught in a 16-day showdown as the plane flew back and forth between Beirut and Algiers. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism; Twa Flight 847 Hijacking]

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