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A third intended hijacker, Ali Atwa, had been bumped from the flight and was later arrested in Greece. Is bumped a proper term? It confused me. What would be a better word? Wright123 16:50, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
The OED says: bump (v.): "To deprive (a passenger) of a reserved place on an airline flight, esp. after deliberate overbooking. Also transf. Freq. in pass. orig. U.S." Andygx ( talk) 08:26, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
The attackers were Lebanese were connected to Hezbollah. According to the article they were not Palestinian. Thus the category Category:Palestinian terrorist incidents in Europe is inappropriate. -- Abnn 04:37, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
The Nitzer Ebb recording "TWA," from their 1989 "Belief" album, directly references flight 847.
Changed "made for TV movie" to "made-for-TV film" to avoid confusion 195.195.166.31 ( talk) 16:55, 12 May 2008 (UTCeffe
The plane landed in Algiers, the first time, without notice. The reports do not say whether the first landing there was on Friday, June 14, 1985 but (1) in 1985 the Algerian weekend was Thursday-Friday and (2) on the day of the landing the U.S. Embassy was closed, with only Ambassador Michael Newlin and the Embassy Duty Officer available. TWA had no office nor any representative in Algeria, and did not have the capacity to issue new travel documents to so many people. In both cases the released passengers were lodged at the El Aurassi Hotel until a chartered Air France jet could arrive and take them to Paris for processing. Andygx ( talk) 08:22, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
I was living in Kansas City when the plane was returned there to the TWA maintenance facility. They made a big deal about it in the local media. Pictures showing bullet holes clearly visible in the tail. I remember asking some of my TWA friends how they got the plane out. The only information I got was something like it was very hush hush and couldn't be talked about. There were rumors a crew was smuggled in and "stole" the airplane from Beirut. I haven't been able to confirm any of this or any info on who this crew was. Anyone have any info on this?
Incidentally this is the same plane that in the late 70's wore an experimental paint scheme called the silver bullet. The airline had this one plane stripped of its paint down to a bare silver polish with minimal logos and lettering applied to save weight. They decided the expense of maintaining the silver polish was more then they saved in fuel consumption with the slightly reduced weight.
This plane also flew the final revenue TWA 727 flight on September 30, 2000. [1]
Skywayman 13:59, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
Unless I am mistaken, this article does not provide any information regarding the fate of the hijackers after the hostages were freed and the plane returned to their rightful owners... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Klodaway ( talk • contribs) 14:54, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
The article says:
but links to a CNN article that says:
I'm changing the wording to reflect this, but feel free to improve it further.
This article lacks any detail of the United States response to the hijacking, it lacks any information on the abortive plan by SFOD-Delta who flew to the Mediterranean. In Eric L.Haney's book Inside Delta Force he briefly refers to the aborted mission and more specifically details SFOD-Delta's many operations in Beirut —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.21.136.74 ( talk) 21:46, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
According to several sources the Amal Movement where behind this hijack. [2] -- Ezzex ( talk) 02:18, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
After waiting for more than a week, I have removed the uncited bullet points from the the aforementioned section. I've included them below, so that reference work may proceed.
Without references from reliable sources, these cannot return to the article. - Jack Sebastian ( talk) 14:56, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
Why was a medium range aircraft used for an intercontinental flight? The first two legs (Cairo-Athens-Rome) were of course no problem for the B 727, but what about the leg Rome-Boston? The B 727 range was by far too short for such a distance... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.159.145.117 ( talk) 04:15, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
200.68.142.20 ( talk) 02:56, 28 September 2019 (UTC) baden k.
TWA operated 727s on "change of guage" through flights from the US to Europe and the Middle East. The US to Rome sector was flown by 747s with same flight number connections operated by Europe based 727s. Ambak51 ( talk) 15:48, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
Hi there! I saw a news article today from the CBC, which showed a remarkable and intriguing picture of one of the hijackers and the pilot of this flight. Can someone with the appropriate experience review this image, and see whether it is suitable and legal for inclusion for Wikipedia? [3] The Legacy ( talk) 16:07, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
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There are loads of photos of the actual aircraft, why cannot an authentic one be provided?
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A third intended hijacker, Ali Atwa, had been bumped from the flight and was later arrested in Greece. Is bumped a proper term? It confused me. What would be a better word? Wright123 16:50, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
The OED says: bump (v.): "To deprive (a passenger) of a reserved place on an airline flight, esp. after deliberate overbooking. Also transf. Freq. in pass. orig. U.S." Andygx ( talk) 08:26, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
The attackers were Lebanese were connected to Hezbollah. According to the article they were not Palestinian. Thus the category Category:Palestinian terrorist incidents in Europe is inappropriate. -- Abnn 04:37, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
The Nitzer Ebb recording "TWA," from their 1989 "Belief" album, directly references flight 847.
Changed "made for TV movie" to "made-for-TV film" to avoid confusion 195.195.166.31 ( talk) 16:55, 12 May 2008 (UTCeffe
The plane landed in Algiers, the first time, without notice. The reports do not say whether the first landing there was on Friday, June 14, 1985 but (1) in 1985 the Algerian weekend was Thursday-Friday and (2) on the day of the landing the U.S. Embassy was closed, with only Ambassador Michael Newlin and the Embassy Duty Officer available. TWA had no office nor any representative in Algeria, and did not have the capacity to issue new travel documents to so many people. In both cases the released passengers were lodged at the El Aurassi Hotel until a chartered Air France jet could arrive and take them to Paris for processing. Andygx ( talk) 08:22, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
I was living in Kansas City when the plane was returned there to the TWA maintenance facility. They made a big deal about it in the local media. Pictures showing bullet holes clearly visible in the tail. I remember asking some of my TWA friends how they got the plane out. The only information I got was something like it was very hush hush and couldn't be talked about. There were rumors a crew was smuggled in and "stole" the airplane from Beirut. I haven't been able to confirm any of this or any info on who this crew was. Anyone have any info on this?
Incidentally this is the same plane that in the late 70's wore an experimental paint scheme called the silver bullet. The airline had this one plane stripped of its paint down to a bare silver polish with minimal logos and lettering applied to save weight. They decided the expense of maintaining the silver polish was more then they saved in fuel consumption with the slightly reduced weight.
This plane also flew the final revenue TWA 727 flight on September 30, 2000. [1]
Skywayman 13:59, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
Unless I am mistaken, this article does not provide any information regarding the fate of the hijackers after the hostages were freed and the plane returned to their rightful owners... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Klodaway ( talk • contribs) 14:54, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
The article says:
but links to a CNN article that says:
I'm changing the wording to reflect this, but feel free to improve it further.
This article lacks any detail of the United States response to the hijacking, it lacks any information on the abortive plan by SFOD-Delta who flew to the Mediterranean. In Eric L.Haney's book Inside Delta Force he briefly refers to the aborted mission and more specifically details SFOD-Delta's many operations in Beirut —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.21.136.74 ( talk) 21:46, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
According to several sources the Amal Movement where behind this hijack. [2] -- Ezzex ( talk) 02:18, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
After waiting for more than a week, I have removed the uncited bullet points from the the aforementioned section. I've included them below, so that reference work may proceed.
Without references from reliable sources, these cannot return to the article. - Jack Sebastian ( talk) 14:56, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
Why was a medium range aircraft used for an intercontinental flight? The first two legs (Cairo-Athens-Rome) were of course no problem for the B 727, but what about the leg Rome-Boston? The B 727 range was by far too short for such a distance... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.159.145.117 ( talk) 04:15, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
200.68.142.20 ( talk) 02:56, 28 September 2019 (UTC) baden k.
TWA operated 727s on "change of guage" through flights from the US to Europe and the Middle East. The US to Rome sector was flown by 747s with same flight number connections operated by Europe based 727s. Ambak51 ( talk) 15:48, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
Hi there! I saw a news article today from the CBC, which showed a remarkable and intriguing picture of one of the hijackers and the pilot of this flight. Can someone with the appropriate experience review this image, and see whether it is suitable and legal for inclusion for Wikipedia? [3] The Legacy ( talk) 16:07, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
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There are loads of photos of the actual aircraft, why cannot an authentic one be provided?
200.68.142.20 ( talk) 02:49, 28 September 2019 (UTC) baden k.