TWA Flight 840 Eris Maxwell

What? When? The TWA 840, a Trans World Airplanes plane was under attack twice. On, August 29, 1969, the TWA was hijacked Yitzak Rabin, the Israeli Ambassador was scheduled to aboard flight Leila Khaled and Salim Issawi were the hijackers

Cont’d Hijackers demanded pilot to land in Damascus Hostages were released but the plane, a Boeing 707, was blown up On April 2, 1986, an explosion ripped a hole TWA jet. Traveling from Rome, Italy to Athens, Greece

Why? Claimed attackers: Ezzedine Kassam Unit of the Arab Revolutionary Cells Reason for attack: Retaliating to the United States bombing raids against Libya Investigators revealed that the bomb contained 1lb of plastic explosive It was predicted that the bomb was placed under the seat on a previous journey by a Lebanese woman Worked for a Palestinian splinter group She was later arrested

Effects Out of 114 passengers, 4 died Included a 9-month year old infant that died 7 passengers hospitalized Rapid decompression ensued in cabin The crew, including the pilot, Captain Richard Petersen, survived

Victims Maria Styllan Klug Demetra Klug (the infant) Alberto Ospino Demetra Stylianopoulos