TWA Flight 847 was commandeered by hijackers shortly after taking off from Athens on June 14, 1985. It originated in Cairo and had San Diego set as a final destination. Alain Nogues/Sygma/Sygma ...

On this day, June 14, in 1985, Trans World Airline Flight 847 was hijacked by Hezbollah terrorists. The hijackers demanded to know the identities of people “with Jewish-sounding names.” ...

The Taking Of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story, also marketed as The Flight on video, is a 1988 made-for-TV film based on the actual hijacking of TWA Flight 847 as seen through the eyes of Uli ...

Hijacking airplanes became a thing in the late ‘60s and ‘70s. John Testrake was captain of TWA flight 847 when it was skyjacked in 1985 with 153 people on board.

She was on board TWA Flight 847 in 1985 when the plane was hijacked by terrorists after taking off from Athens. The FBI says the hijackers were connected to the terrorist organization Hizballah.

She was on board TWA Flight 847 in 1985 when the plane was hijacked by terrorists after taking off from Athens. The FBI says the hijackers were connected to the terrorist organization Hizballah.

During the hijacking of Flight 847, en route from Athens to Rome, Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem was murdered. Had the United States obtained Mr. Hammadi from the Germans or gotten its hands on ...