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In this photo from June 19, 1985, two hijackers of TWA Flight 847 emerge from the plane at Beirut airport. (Nabil Ismail/AFP)
September 23, 2019, 6:52 pm
Lebanese man nabbed in Greece ‘mistaken’ for Flight 847 hijacker, officials say
Sources name man in Greek custody as Mohamed Ali Saleh, say his name is nearly identical to that of alleged Hezbollah member
By Agencies
A TWA Boeing 727-200 identical to the aircraft involved in the 1985 Hezbollah hijacking of TWA Flight 847. (Felix Goetting/Wikipedia)
September 21, 2019, 11:45 pm
Greek police make arrest in 1985 Hezbollah hijacking of TWA Flight 847
Lebanese citizen, named by local outlets as convicted terrorist Mohammed Ali Hammadi, nabbed for commandeering plane in bid to release 700 Shi’ite Muslims from Israeli custody
By DEMETRIS NELLAS
Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon (back to camera) welcoming the rescued Air France passengers and crew including pilot Michel Bacos (left) coming off an Israel Air Force Hercules plane at Ben Gurion Airport, July, 1976 (Moshe Milner, Israel Government Press Office)
March 27, 2019, 1:38 pm
French pilot who stayed with hijacked Israelis, Jews at Entebbe dies aged 95
Tributes pour in for Michel Bacos, who refused the terrorists’ offer of release and, with his crew, remained captive with the plane’s Jewish hostages
By TOI staff
Bangladeshi security personnel stand guard near a Dubai-bound Bangladesh Biman plane on the tarmac of the Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong on February 24, 2019, following an emergency landing after a man apparently attempted to hijack the aircraft. (Photo by STR / AFP)
February 25, 2019, 2:16 am
Hijacking foiled on Bangladesh-Dubai flight, suspect killed
Bangladeshi Commandos storm plane and shoot suspect; all 134 passengers and 14 crew aboard Bangladesh Biman flight unharmed
By Agencies
In this photo from March 30, 2016, Seif Eddin Mustafa flashes the victory sign from inside a police car after leaving court for a remand hearing in the Cypriot coastal town of Larnaca. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)
August 19, 2018, 4:36 pm
Cyprus extradites Egyptian plane hijacker after legal fight dropped
Seif Eddin Mustafa says hijacking was to protest Egypt’s ‘fascist regime,’ though prosecutors say he admitted to seeking to reunite with family
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS and Samy Magdy
Journalists watch as Russian President Vladimir Putin gives his annual state of the nation address in Manezh in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
March 12, 2018, 5:37 pm
Putin says he approved plan to shoot down plane in 2014
Russian president told security forces to ‘act according to plan’ if hijacked passenger jet headed for Sochi Olympics
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA
Juergen Vietor (3rd L), former co-pilot of the old Boeing 737 plane seen next to him, former flight attendant Gabriele von Lutzau (L) and former flight passenger Diana Muell (2nd L) pose in front of the former "Landshut" aircraft of German airline Lufthansa, in the cargo space of an Antonov AN 124 cargo plane after landing at the airport in Friedrichshafen, southern Germany, on September 23, 2017. ( AFP PHOTO / dpa / Karl-Josef Hildenbrand )
September 23, 2017, 5:21 pm
Last flight home for icon of ‘German Autumn’ of terror
40 years ago, plane was freed from Palestinian hijackers by a German commando unit formed after Munich Olympic massacre
By Frank Zeller
Lebanese Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk at the police headquarter in Beirut, Lebanon, November 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
August 22, 2017, 6:56 am
Lebanon says four nationals behind failed plot to down plane in Australia
Suspects hid bombs inside a large Barbie doll and a meat grinder but failed to get them onboard aircraft after bag deemed overweight
By Bassem Mroue
Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Michael Phelan (L) and New South Wales Police Commissioner Catherine Burn address the media after two 16-year-old boys were charged with terror-related offences in Sydney on October 13, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / WILLIAM WEST)
August 6, 2017, 2:37 pm
Australia police release man in foiled plane terrorism plot
Charged with possession of prohibited weapon, Khaled Merhi is to appear in court later this month
By AFP
Venezuelan international terrorist Carlos the Jackal (left), sits with his French lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre in a Paris courtroom, November 28, 2000. (AP/Michel Lipchitz, File)
March 14, 2017, 1:58 pm
Carlos the Jackal regrets not killing ‘people I should have’
Former Venezuelan member of Palestinian terrorist group on trial for 1974 grenade attack
By AP and JTA
A picture taken on December 23, 2016 in Valletta, Malta, shows a group of hostages being released from the Afriqiyah Airways A320 after it was hijacked from Libya. (AFP PHOTO / Matthew Mirabelli)
December 23, 2016, 6:01 pm
Hijackers of Libyan plane surrender in Malta
All 118 people on airliner are released after hours-long standoff with authorities; abductors are reportedly Gaddafi supporters who wanted political asylum
By Matthew XUEREB
A picture taken on December 23, 2016 shows a hijacked Airbus A320 operated by Afriqiyah Airways after it landed at Luqa Airport, in Malta. (AFP/Matthew Mirabelli)
December 23, 2016, 2:13 pm
Hijackers divert Libyan plane to Malta, threaten to blow it up
Maltese PM says 109 of the 118 passengers on board the Afriqiyah Airways flight have been freed
By AP and TOI staff
Members of the IDF's Eilat Counterterrorism Unit in a training exercise on December 9, 2016. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
December 13, 2016, 9:05 pm
Eilat Counterterrorism Unit takes down cardboard terrorists, rescues ‘hostages’
Though hijackings have waned, Israel’s crack response team in the country’s southernmost city prepares for the worst
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative photo of a Saudia airliner. (CC-BY-2.0/Wikipedia/Russell Lee)
September 20, 2016, 1:26 pm
Saudia pilot triggers false alarm in Philippines
Police and security personnel surround Flight 872 on tarmac at Manila airport, keep passengers on plane for two hours
By AFP
Boaz Dvir
July 4, 2016, 1:56 pm
Boaz Dvir
What’s a counterterrorist to do?
He isn’t nostalgic for the attacks of yore, but he can’t ignore the fact that they were more negotiable
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