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.” ...

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.

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 ...

For the much criticized Athens facility, where Shi’ite extremists last June boarded TWA Flight 847 before hijacking it to Beirut, times had changed.

June marks 30 years since one of the most dramatic and memorable standoffs in history, when Hezbollah militants hijacked a TWA jetliner in the Middle East.

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.