TWA 847 hijacked
Attack| Event Details | |||
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 | Primary Organization | Hezbollah | |
| Location | TWA 847 Hijack Location, Europe | |
| Additional Location | Beirut, Lebanon | |
| Start Time | June 14, 1985 | |
| End Time | July 1, 1985 | |
| Victim Deaths | 1 | ||
| Participants | Imad Mugniyah, Hasan Izz-Al-Din, Ali Atwa, Mohammed Ali Hamadei | |
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| Narrative and Notes | |||
| Reliable | The four Hezbollah operatives hijacked the flight, traveling between Athens and Rome, and took it to Beruit, beginning a 17-day ordeal in which the plane made two trips to Algeria. The hijackers killed U.S. Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem in Beruit.1 | |
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| 1"US seeks justice for hijacker." BBC: Dec. 20, 2005. | |||
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